enn., for a critical
examination of the first draft of the manuscript, and to Professor
Jno. M. Webb of Webb Bros. School, Bell Buckle, Tenn., and Professor
W.R. Garrett of the University of Nashville, for many valuable
suggestions and helpful criticism.

W.M. BASKERVILL.

J.W. SEWELL.

NASHVILLE, TENN., January, 1896.

CONTENTS.

INTRODUCTION

PART I.

_THE PARTS OF SPEECH_.

NOUNS
PRONOUNS
ADJECTIVES
ARTICLES
VERBS AND VERBALS
Verbs
Verbals
How to Parse Verbs and Verbals
ADVERBS
CONJUNCTIONS
PREPOSITIONS
WORDS THAT NEED WATCHING
INTERJECTIONS

PART II.

_ANALYSIS OF SENTENCES_.

CLASSIFICATION ACCORDING TO FORM
CLASSIFICATION ACCORDING TO NUMBER OF STATEMENTS
Simple Sentences
Contracted Sentences
Complex Sentences
Compound Sentences

PART III.

_SYNTAX_.

INTRODUCTORY
NOUNS
PRONOUNS
ADJECTIVES
ARTICLES
VERBS
INDIRECT DISCOURSE
VERBALS
ADVERBS
CONJUNCTIONS
PREPOSITIONS

INDEX

INTRODUCTION.

So many slighting remarks have been made of late on the use of
teaching grammar as compared with teaching science, that it is plain
the fact has been lost sight of that grammar is itself a science. The
object we have, or should have, in teaching science, is not to fill a
child's mind with a vast number of facts that may or may not prove
useful to him hereafter, but to draw out and exercise his powers of
observation, and to show him how to make use of what he observes....
And here the teacher of grammar has a great advantage over the teacher
of other sciences, in that the facts he has to call attention to lie
ready at hand for every pupil to observe without the use of apparatus
of any kind while the use of them also lies within the personal
experience of every one.--DR RICHARD MORRIS.

The proper study of a language is an intellectual discipline of the
highest order. If I except discussions on the comparative merits of
Popery and Protestantism, English grammar was the most important
discipline of my boyhood.--JOHN TYNDALL.

INTRODUCTION.

What various opinions writers on English grammar have given in answer
to the question, _What is grammar?_ may be shown by the following--

[Sidenote: _Definitions of grammar._]

English grammar is a description of the usages of the English
language by good speakers and writers of the present
day.--WHITNEY

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