A NEW ENGLISH GRAMMAR, COMPRISING THE SUBSTANCE OF LENNIE'S PRINCIPLES OF ENGLISH GRAMMAR, WITH EXTENSIVE ALTERATIONS AND IMPROVEMENTS, AND ON DERIVATION, ANALYSIS, AND COMPOSITION, BY J. P. BIDLAKE, B.A.; F.C.P.; F.C.S.; AUTHOR OF "PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY," " EXERCISES IN ORTHOGRAPHY AND LONDON: T. J. ALLMAN, 463, OXFORD STREET. 1863. 47 PREFACE. IN compiling a NEW ENGLISH GRAMMAR, it has been the Editor's aim to adapt the excellent manual written by Lennie, to the teaching of the subject according to the views of the best modern Grammarians. In pursuance of this object he has to express his obligations to the labours of Sullivan, Keane, Mason, Morell, Angus, and others; to the works of these writers he would refer the teacher and student for further information. The chapters on Analysis, will, it is hoped, be found both simple and explicit, the subdivisions being sufficiently minute to afford a mental discipline, while not so minute as to confuse and perplex the pupil. LONDON, AUGUst, 1863. J. P. B. THE PRINCIPLES OF ENGLISH GRAMMA R. ENGLISH GRAMMAR is the art of speaking and writing the English Language with propriety. It is divided into four parts; namely, Orthography, Etymology, Syntax, and Prosody. ORTHOGRAPHY. ORTHOGRAPHY teaches the nature and sounds of Letters, and the correct method of spelling Words. A Letter is the least part of a word. There are twenty-six letters in English. Letters are either Vowels or Consonants. A Vowel is a letter, the name of which makes a distinct sound by itself. A Consonant is a letter, the name of which cannot be sounded without the help of a vowel. The Vowels are a, e, i, o, u, and sometimes w and y. The Consonants are b, c, d, f, g, h, j, k, l, m, n, p, q, r, s, t, v, w, x, y, z. B |