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by Goold Brown
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The Grammar of English Grammars is a comprehensive textbook that sets out to be more than a mere reference work. Its opening pages explain that the author, Goold Brown, has expanded his earlier “Institutes of English Grammar” into a six‑edition volume that combines historical commentary, critical analysis, and a wealth of exercises. The transcriber’s notes make clear that the text is presented with meticulous attention to typographical detail, flagging only those errors that Brown himself would have deemed faults, while leaving harmless spelling variations untouched. The work promises a methodical arrangement of rules, illustrated examples, parsing and correcting drills, and even a key to oral exercises, all aimed at giving students a practical command of English rather than a purely theoretical treatise.
Written in the earnest, didactic style of early‑nineteenth‑century scholarship, the book reflects the period’s conviction that rigorous practice sharpens the mind. Its language is formal and occasionally polemical, echoing contemporary concerns about “vexatious disputes” among teachers. Readers who relish detailed grammatical instruction, students of historical linguistics, teachers seeking a model of exhaustive pedagogy, or anyone interested in the evolution of English‑language teaching, will find Brown’s exhaustive approach both challenging and rewarding.
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Transcriber's Notes: Despite the severity with which the author of this work treats those who depart from his standard of correctness, the source text does contain a small number of typographical errors. Missing punctuation has been supplied silently, but all other errors have been left uncorrected. To let the reader distinguish such problems from any inadvertent transcription errors that remain, I have inserted notes to flag items that appear errors by Brown's own standard. Spellings that are simply different from current practice, e.g., 'Shakspeare' are not noted. Special characters: vowels with macrons are rendered with an equals sign (=) before the vowel. Vowels with breve marks are rendered with tildes (~) before the vowels.--KTH.
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