Manual of English grammar and composition

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MANUAL OF
ENGLISH GEAMMAK
AND COMPOSITION
BY
J. C. NESFIELD, M.A.
AUTHOR OF 'ENGLISH GRAMMAR PAST AND PRESENT,' 'HISTORICAL
ENGLISH AND DERIVATION,' ETC.
IN SIX PARTS
I.—PARSING AND ANALYSIS
IL—COMPOSITION FORCE AND PROPRIETY OF DICTION
:
III.—ENLARGEMENT OF VOCABULARY: FIGURES OF SPEECH
IV.—PROSE AND POETRY
v.—HISTORY OF THE LANGUAGE
VL—SOUNDS, SYMBOLS, AND SPELLINGS
APPENDIX ON DERIVATIONS
MACMILLAN AND LIMITED
CO.,
ST. MARTIN'S STREET, LONDON
1908
FirstEdition iSo8
Reprinted1899, 1900, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906{tzvice), 1907, 190S
PUBLISHEES' NOTICE
Owing to the increasing importance attached to Phonetics, a
sixth Part bearing the name of Sounds, Symbols, and Spellings,
and consisting of three chapters, has been added to this book.
The first chapter deals with "Letters, Accents, and Syllables,"
the next with "Vowel-Sounds and how they are spelt," the
last with "Consonantal Sounds and how they are spelt." The
system followed in this Part «s that on which all the best
authorities on Phonetics are agreed, viz. Dr. Sweet, Professor
Skeat, Miss Laura Soames, and Dr. Murray (in the Introduction
to the Oxford Dictionary).
Besides the new matter furnished in Part VL, an Appendix
on Derivations (mainly basedon Skeat'sEtymological Dictionary)
has been added at the close of the book. The Appendix gives
—
five different lists of Derivatives the first consisting of Words
derived from Proper Names, the second of Words formed by
Composition, the third of Derivatives from Teutonic (mainly
A.S.) Eoots, the fourth of Derivatives from Latin Roots, the
fifth and last of Derivatives from Greek Roots.
Nothing has been added to the price of the book on account
ofthe additionalmatter thusfurnished, which consistsaltogether
ofseventy-six pages.