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English Grammar & Composition.

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ELEMENTS of PUNCTUATION, with Notes, Criti cal and Explanatory. 18mo. price 1s. 6d. bound.

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GRAMMATICAL INSTITUTES:

OR, AN

EASY INTRODUCTION

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Dr. Lowth's English Grammar :

DESIGNED FOR

THE USE OF SCHOOLS,

And to lead Young Gentlemen and Ladies into the
Knowledge of the first Principles of the
English Language.

BY JOHN ASH, LL. D.

WITH AN APPENDIX,

CONTAINING,

I. The Declension of irregular and defective Verbs.
II. The Application of the Grammatical Institutes.
III. Some useful Observations on the Ellipsis.
IV. Exercises of Bad English.

A NEW EDITION, corrected and improved.

BANBURY:

PRINTED BY J. RUSHER,

FOR

W. RUSHER,

AND SOLD BY ALL OTHER BOOKSELLERS.

BODESIAN

16 JAN 1954

LIBRARY

PREFACE.

THE importance of an English educa

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tion is now pretty well understood; and it is generally acknowledged, that not only for ladies, but for young gentlemen designed merely for trade, an intimate acquaintance with the properties and beauties of the English tongue would be a very desirable and necessary attainment; far preferable to a smattering of the learned languages.

But then, it has been supposed, even by men of learning, that the English tongue is too vague and untractable to be reduced to any certain standard, or rules of construction; and that a competent knowledge of it cannot be attained without an acquaintance with the Latin.

For my part, I hope these gentlemen are mistaken, because this would be an in

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