A New Guide to the English Tongue (1793)Scholars' Facsimiles & Reprints, 1978 - 156 pages |
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Page vi
... American schools , but Rollo Lyman would like to give Hugh Jones the credit he deserves for being a pioneer ... American schools . Therefore , it did not have a part in the development of the grammar as a genre in America . One of the ...
... American schools , but Rollo Lyman would like to give Hugh Jones the credit he deserves for being a pioneer ... American schools . Therefore , it did not have a part in the development of the grammar as a genre in America . One of the ...
Page viii
... American edition shows that although Americans have broken allegiance with England , they have kept the English language and its rules of grammar as their rightful heritage . The variables in the grammars , which reflect the culture ...
... American edition shows that although Americans have broken allegiance with England , they have kept the English language and its rules of grammar as their rightful heritage . The variables in the grammars , which reflect the culture ...
Page xiv
... America as early as 1747 by Benjamin Franklin . If Dilworth's book is not the first English grammar to reach American schools , it is certainly one of the first . Not only did it reach America very early , but its popularity was ...
... America as early as 1747 by Benjamin Franklin . If Dilworth's book is not the first English grammar to reach American schools , it is certainly one of the first . Not only did it reach America very early , but its popularity was ...
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