Table of Contents

Preface; Introduction; Part I. The Tradition: 1. The sources; 2. Grammar, divisions of grammar and parts of discourse; 3. Parts of speech; 4. Classification within the parts of speech; 5. Accidents; 6. Syntax; Part II. The English Categories: 7. The terms 'grammar'; 8. Systems of parts of speech; 9. Noun, substantive and adjective; 10. The pronoun; 11. The article; 12. The verb; 13. Tense; 14. Mood, conjugation, irregularity; 15. Other parts of speech; 16. Syntactical categories; 17. Protest and acceptance; Appendices.

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This book examines the traditional grammar, very briefly for its Greek and Latin origins, and fully during its first two hundred years as 'English' grammar.