A Grammar of the English Tongue
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By Samuel Johnson
10 May, 2019
Grammar, which is the art of using words properly, comprises four parts: Orthography, Etymology, Syntax, and Prosody.
In this division and order of the parts of grammar, I follow the common grammarians, without inquiring whether a fitter distribut
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Grammar, which is the art of using words properly, comprises four parts: Orthography, Etymology, Syntax, and Prosody.
In this division and order of the parts of grammar, I follow the common grammarians, without inquiring whether a fitter distribution might not be found. Experience has long shown this method to be so distinct as to obviate confusion, and so comprehensive as to prevent any inconvenient omissions. I likewise use the terms already received, and already understood, though perhaps others more proper might sometimes be invented. Sylburgius, and other innovators, whose new terms have sunk their learning into neglect, have left sufficient warning against the trifling ambition of teaching arts in a new language.
Orthography is the art of combining letters into syllables, and syllables into words. It, therefore, teaches previously the form and sound of letters. Less
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