KEY
TO THE
IMPROPRIETIES FOR CORRECTION, CONTAINED IN THE
GRAMMAR OF ENGLISH GRAMMARS,
AND
DESIGNED FOR ORAL EXERCISES UNDER ALL THE RULES AND
NOTES OF THE WORK.
☞[The various examples of error which are exhibited for oral correction, in the Grammar of English Grammars, are all here explained, in their order, by full amended readings, sometimes with authorities specified, and generally with references of some sort. They are intended to be corrected orally by the pupil, according to the formules given under corresponding heads in the Grammar. Some portion, at least, under each rule or note, should be used in this way; and the rest, perhaps, may be read and compared more simply.]
THE KEY.--PART I.--ORTHOGRAPHY.
CHAPTER I.--OF LETTERS. CORRECTIONS RESPECTING CAPITALS.
UNDER RULE I.--OF BOOKS.
"Many a reader of the Bible knows not who wrote the Acts of the Apostles"--G. B. "The sons of Levi, the chief of the fathers, were written in the book of the Chronicles."--ALGER'S BIBLE: Neh., xii, 23. "Are they not written in the book of the Acts of Solomon?"--FRIENDS' BIBLE: I Kings, xi, 41. "Are they not written in the book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?"--ALGER CORRECTED: I Kings, xxii, 39. "Are they not written in the book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah."--See ALGER: ib., ver. 45. "Which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the Psalms."--ALGER, ET AL.: Luke, xxiv, 44. "The narrative of which maybe seen in Josephus's History of the Jewish War"--Dr. Scott cor. [Obs.--The word in Josephus is "War," not "Wars."--G. Brown.] "This History of the Jewish War was Josephus's first work, and published about A. D. 75."--Whiston cor. "'I have read,' says Photius, 'the Chronology of Justus of Tiberias.'"--Id. "A Philosophical Grammar, written by James Harris, Esquire."--Murray cor. "The reader is referred to Stroud's Sketch of the Slave Laws"--A. S. Mag. cor. "But God has so made the Bible that it interprets itself."--Idem. "In 1562, with the help of Hopkins, he completed the Psalter."--Gardiner cor. "Gardiner says this of Sternhold; of whom the Universal Biographical Dictionary and the American Encyclopedia affirm, that he died in 1549."--G. B. "The title of a book, to wit: 'English Grammar in Familiar Lectures,'" &c.--Kirkham cor. "We had not, at that time, seen Mr. Kirkham's 'Grammar in Familiar Lectures.'"--Id. "When you parse, you may spread the Compendium before you."--Id. right.[516] "Whenever you parse, you may spread the Compendium before you."--Id. cor. "Adelung was the author of a Grammatical and Critical Dictionary of the German Language, and other works." Biog. Dict. cor. "Alley, William, author of 'The Poor Man's Library,' and a translation of the Pentateuch, died in 1570."--Id.
UNDER RULE II.--OF FIRST WORDS.
"Depart instantly;"--"Improve your time;"--"Forgive us our sins."--Murray corrected. EXAMPLES:--"Gold is corrupting;"--"The sea is green;"--"A lion is bold."--Mur. et al. cor. Again: "It may rain;"--"He may go or stay;"--"He would walk;;"--"They should learn."--Iidem. Again: "Oh! I have alienated my friend;"--"Alas! I fear for life."--Iidem. See Alger's Gram., p. 50. Again: "He went from London to York;"--"She is above disguise;"
