A Grammar of the English Language in a series of Letters, Intended for the Use of Schools and young people in General, but More Especially for the Use of Soldiers, Sailors, Apprentices and Plough Boys
London: C. Clement, 1824. Octavo. no pagination. [240] pages. While in his day he was known as important books on the English countryside, his contribution to grammar in the early Nineteenth Century is significant. He is closer to the descriptivist approach than the proscriptive approach than his contemporaries. His aim..... More