AUNT JANE'S GRAMMAR.

QUESTION AND ANSWER,

For the Ase of Schools and Families.

BY

MISS WARREN.

LONDON:

W. AND T. PIPER,

23, PATERNOSTER-ROW.

1850.

PREFACE.

The

GRAMMAR is, of all studies, the most uninteresting to children; they have no idea of the meaning of the terms used, and very few inquire for themselves: some feel discouraged on seeing so many "hard words," and others frequently become impatient when any explanation is offered. compiler of this little volume has endeavoured to render it as "easy" as possible, and hopes that it will prove useful both to the teacher and pupil. Questions and answers have been adopted as the best means of instruction, which plan is continued as far as the rules of syntax. In the fourth part they are resumed. Several of the writer's pupils having made use of Mr. Hunt's Syntax of the English Language with much advantage, she was

induced to copy the rules, and annex them to her little book; they form, however, but a very small part of that useful work. To Lindley Murray's she has often referred, and to the grammar by the Rev. Robert Simson; also to the Rudiments of English Composition, by Alexander Reid, a volume which will be found a valuable acquisition to the family library.

AUNT JANE'S GRAMMAR.

WHAT is grammar?

Grammar is the art of speaking and writing correctly.

How is grammar divided?

Grammar is divided into four parts

What are they called?

Orthography, etymology, syntax, and prosody.

ORTHOGRAPHY.

PART I.

What do you call the first part?

The first part of grammar is called orthography. What is orthography?

Orthography teaches the art of spelling. From what is the word orthography derived? From the Greek word orthos, which means straight, erect, right; hence, orthography, the art of right spelling. The last part of the word is derived from the Greek word grapho, to engrave, to write; hence, graphic, well described. Gramma is the Greek word for letter; hence, grammar, the art of correct writing.

How many letters are there in the English alphabet?

There are twenty-six letters in the English alphabet.