Leigh Percival. The Comic English Grammar: A New And Facetious Introduction To The English Tongue
PART I. ORTHOGRAPHY
CHAPTER I. OF THE NATURE OF THE LETTERS, AND OF A COMIC ALPHABET
CHAPTER II. OF SYLLABLES
CHAPTER III. OF WORDS IN GENERAL
PART II. ETYMOLOGY
CHAPTER I. A COMICAL VIEW OF THE PARTS OF SPEECH
CHAPTER II. OF THE ARTICLES
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV. OF ADJECTIVES
CHAPTER V. OF PRONOUNS
CHAPTER VI. OF VERBS
CHAPTER VII. OF ADVERBS
CHAPTER VIII. OF PREPOSITIONS
CHAPTER IX. OF CONJUNCTIONS
CHAPTER X. OF DERIVATION
PART III. SYNTAX
PART IV. PROSODY
CHAPTER I. OF PRONUNCIATION
CHAPTER II. OF VERSIFICATION
CHAPTER III. PUNCTUATION
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Orthography is like a schoolmaster, or instructor of youth. It teaches us the nature and powers of letters and the right method of spelling words.
Comic Orthography teaches us the oddity and absurdities of letters, and the wrong method of spelling words. The following is an example of Comic Orthography: —
