Manual Of Business Correspondence And English Primary Source Edition PDF Download

Excerpt from Manual of Business Correspondence and English Of grammar, the essential parts, it not the whole, are etymology and syntax. For orthography relates to the mere arrangement of letters for the arbitrary representation of certain sounds, and prosody to the aesthe tic use of language. And, if prosody is a part of grammar, why should the latter not include rhetoric, and even elocution In fact, grammar was long regarded as including all that concerns the structure and the relations Of language and a grammarian among the ancients was one who was versed, not only in language, but in poetry, history, and rhe toric, and who, generally, lectured or wrote upon those branches of literature. But it seems to me that in the usage of intelligent people the English word grammar relates only to the laws which govern the significant forms of words, and the construction Of the sentence. Thus, if we find extraordinary spelled igstrammg, or hear suggest pronounced saiieet, we do not call these lapses false grammar; but it we hear, She was him, but he wasn't hem, which violates true etymology, or, He done it good, which is incorrect syntax, these we do call false grammar. Etymology, which relates to the significant forms of words, and syntax, the rules of which govern their arrangement, are, then, from our point of view, the great essentials, if not the whole, of grammar. - R. G. White, Words and their Uses, page 279. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.