 | United States. Office of Education - Agricultural colleges - 1921 - 1542 pages
...Webster: Grammar is the art of communicating thoughts by words with propriety mid dispatch." Brown: English Grammar is the art of speaking and writing the English Language n.nvrll.v."1 Brightland uses the definition "Art and Knowledge, according to the Use of every Speech,... | |
 | Nicholas Murray Butler, Frank Pierrepont Graves, William McAndrew - Education - 1896 - 540 pages
...middle of the present century, one finds a practically uniform agreement upon the following points: English grammar is the art of speaking and writing the English language with correctness and propriety. This art cannot be acquired by reading good literature, or by studying... | |
 | Peter Bullions - 1849 - 238 pages
...express our thoughts in a correct and proper manner, according to established usage ENGLISH GRAMMAR. 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.... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1917 - 826 pages
...was the first real English grammar of wide use and influence. His definition follows Quintilian's: "English grammar is the art of speaking and writing the English language with propriety." The grammar presented etymology to be learned, rules to be memorized, sentences to... | |
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ENGLISH GRAMMAR. ENGLISH GRAMMAR is the art of speaking and writing the English Language with propriety. 
