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or, a short, plain, easy compendium of English grammar, for the use of youth at schools, As well as all those Adult Persons, Who have hitherto Neglected the most Useful of all Studies, That of their Mother-Tongue. Wherein the Definitions are short, the Examples intelligible, the Rules of Syntax are exemplified with Examples under each Rule; Punctuation, or the Use of Stops, with other Marks used in Grammar, are illustrated by Examples; Rules for properly placing of Capital Letters in writing; Rules for Reading with Propriety; a Sentence construed according to the Elements of the English Language; with some Hints and Observations respecting the teaching of Youth to read, with Ease, Profit, and Improvement;-Addressed to the Teachers of Youth. By William Chown, Schoolmaster, At Moulton, near Northampton. |