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English grammar
16292 pages
Step into an 18th-century classroom where the chaotic sprawl of language is tamed into satisfying, rigid order.
What it feels like
Reading this foundational text feels like stepping into a sunlit, dust-moted 18th-century classroom where the chaotic sprawl of human communication is meticulously tamed into rigid, satisfying order. The experience is deeply studious and austere, guided by an earnest, authoritative voice that believes clear sentences are the bedrock of clear thought. It moves at a steady, deliberate pace, demanding the reader's full intellectual discipline as it lays out archaic rules and precise parsing exercises. The prose itself is a monument to formal clarity, embodying the very prescriptive ideals it champions. This is a book that delights linguistics nerds, historians of pedagogy, and anyone who finds a strange, soothing comfort in the absolute certainty of old-world grammatical laws.
- Mood
- studious
- orderly
- austere
- academic
- Tone
- didactic
- authoritative
- formal
- prescriptive
- earnest
- Pace
- steady
- Themes
- linguistic precision · intellectual discipline · the pursuit of order · historical pedagogy
- The writing
- Formal, archaic, and meticulously structured, embodying the very rules it seeks to impart.
- The arc
- Moves from the daunting complexity of language to the satisfying, rigid comfort of absolute grammatical order.
- Who it's for
- Linguistics enthusiasts, historians of education, and grammar purists who find comfort in the strict, archaic rules of 18th-century English.
About the book
'"They who are learning to compose and arrange their sentences with accuracy and order are learning, at the same time, to think with accuracy and order." Blair.'
Includes publisher's list.
Filmed from a copy of the original publication held by the Douglas Library, Queen's University. Ottawa: Canadian Institute for Historical Microreproductions, 1985.
339, [4] p.; 18 cm.
Description from Open Library.
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