Kittredge and Farley’s Advanced English Grammar: with Copious Exercises and Examples from English and American Literature Paperback – March 29, 2024

NEWLY REVISED AND UPDATED!Kittredge and Farley’s Advanced English Grammar: with Copious Exercises and Examples from English and American Literature.This grammar is intended for students who have already received instruction in the rudiments. Still, every such textbook must begin at the beginning. This book begins, therefore, with a succinct treatment of the parts of speech, the phrase, and the clause. Thus it clears the way for what follows and may be used as a review.The exercises and passages for parsing, analysis, etc., have been carefully selected from a wide range of eminent British and American writers. The student may feel confident in studying specimens of English as actually composed by distinguished authors.An advanced grammar must aim to be serviceable in two ways. It should afford the means for continuous and systematic study of the subject or of any part of it; and it should also be useful for reference in connection with the study of composition and of literature. With this latter end in view, many notes and observations have been included to show the nature and development of the various forms and constructions, and to point out differences between the usage of today and that which the student observes in Shakespeare and other English classics.This edition has been revised to include exercises at the end of each lesson, new examples, and new exercises. To revise the textbook to be current with 21st century Standard American English while still retaining the charm and efficacy of the 19th century original book is the aim of this editor. Read more