PRACTICAL ENGLISH GRAMMAR, FOR THE USE OF Schools and Private Families. BY JAMES HUTCHINSON, M.A., AUTHOR OF "Easy Lessons on Geography," "Juvenile Spelling Assistant," SIXTEENTH EDITION, LONDON: WRIGHT, SIMPKIN, AND CO., SCHOOL PUBLISHERS, 29, NEWCASTLE STREET, STRAND. PREFACE. In the following pages the great object of the author has been to simplify the subject of Grammar so much, that the pupil should be led on by easy gradations, from the first rudiments of the art, to the parsing of the English language with fluency: it is not his province to say how far he has accomplished his aim. As Lindley Murray still continues to be regarded a leading authority on Grammar, it has been considered prudent to retain his definitions and arrangements so far as it could consistently be done; therefore, the transition from the one to the other, will be easy to those who may give the preference to this. As the following work is founded on practice rather than theory, it is hoped it will meet with a welcome from those teachers who make parsing the great basis of grammatical instruction. LONDON, February, 1850. |