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HISTORY OF THE HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH ENGLISH

LANGUAGELANGUAGE

Many such grammars were published in various European languages in the second half

of the seventeenth century.

It was also during the early 17th century where the use of the “Grammar Writing” was

introduced.

A series of techniques in improving grammatical skills through speaking and

writing were introduced in many European countries

ROBERT LOWTH, OBISPO DE OXFORD,

Lowth's chief aim, shared with that of most eighteenth-century grammarians, was to present a standard English grammar that taught its readers to express themselves with "propriety" and to accurately evaluate constructions for correctness.

NINETEENTH CENTURY

It was during the nineteenth century that modern-language studies became systematized.

Contribuir poco nuevo en el estudio científico intrínseco de la gramática Inglés, sin embargo, estas obras muestran que el Inglés se está estudiando seriamente por

los lingüistas profesionales en primer lugar.

As phonology became a full-fledged field, spoken English began to be studied

scientifically as well, generating by the end of the nineteenth century an international

enterprise investigating the structure of the language.

Otros libros de Nesfield incluyen un campo junior en Composición en Inglés, un Curso Superior en Inglés Composición, Pero fue su Manual de Gramática y Composición de Inglés que resultó todo un éxito tanto en Gran Bretaña y sus colonias.

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English English GrammarGrammar

Parts of Parts of SpeechSpeech

EIGHT PARTS OF SPEECH

NounsPronouns

Adjectives Adverbs

Conjunctions

Prepositions

Verbs

Interjections

Word that namesWord that names

A PersonA Person

An An IdeaIdea

A ThingA Thing

A PlaceA Place

Kinds of NounsKinds of Nouns

Common Nouns boy girl

Proper Nouns John Mary

Singular Nouns boy girl

Plural Nouns boys girls

Singular Possessive boy’s girl’s

Plural Possessive boys’ girls’

A word that expresses action or otherwise helps to make a statement

run

paint read

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Every sentence Every sentence mustmust have have

aa

Kinds of VerbsKinds of Verbs Action verbs Action verbs express mental or express mental or physical physical actionaction..

Linking verbs make Linking verbs make a statement by a statement by connectingconnecting the the subject with a subject with a

word that word that describes or describes or explains it.explains it.

He rode the horse to victory. He has been sick.

The pronoun is a word used in place of one or more nouns.It may stand for a person, place, thing, or idea.

Personal Pronouns

I, me, mine

you, your, yours

she, her, hers,

it, its

we,us, our, ours

they, them, their,

theirs

myself

yourself

Indefinite Pronounsanybody

eacheithernone

someone, one, etc. Interrogative Pronounswhowhomwhat

whichwhose

Demonstrative Pronounsthisthat

thesethose

Modifies or describes a noun or pronoun.

Is that a wool sweater?

Just give me five minutes.

Did you lose your addressbook?

Answers these questions:

Modifies or describesa verb, an adjective,or another adverb.

Answers the questions:

How?He ran quickly.

She left yesterday.When?

We went there. Where?

It was too hot! To what degree or how much?

InterrogativeAdverbs

introduce questionsHow did you break your

leg?

When does your plane leave?

How often do you run?Where did you put the

mouse trap?

A preposition introduces a noun or pronoun or a phrase or clause functioning in the sentence

as a noun. The word or word group that thepreposition introduces is its object.

They received a postcard from Bobby telling

about his trip to Canada.

The preposition never stands alone!

prepositionnoun

pronoun

object ofpreposition

preposition object

can have more thanone object

object can have modifiers

You can press those leaves under glass.

Her telegram to Nina and Ralph brought good news.

It happened during the last examination.

Some Common Prepositions

aboardaboutaboveacrossafter

against along

amongaround

atbefore

behindbelow

beneathbeside

betweenbeyond

bydown during except

for

fromin

intolikeofoffon

overpastsince

through

throughoutto

towardunder

underneathuntilup

uponwith

withinwithout

A conjunction is a word that joins wordsor groups of words.

andor

buteither/or neither/nor

ARTICLE

• The bicycle was not only red but shiny.

• A yellow moon always appears in October.

• An excellent student, Armando passed all his exams.

There are only three articles--the, a , an (Actually, articles are adjectives and not a different part of speech)

THE INTERJECTION

is an exclamatory word that expressesemotion

Goodness! What a cute baby!

Wow! Look at thatsunset!

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