A Grammar of the English Tongue

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Samuel Johnson. A Grammar of the English Tongue

A GRAMMAR OF THE ENGLISH TONGUE

OF VOWELS

OF CONSONANTS

ETYMOLOGY

Of NOUNS SUBSTANTIVE

Of ADJECTIVES

Of PRONOUNS

Of the VERB

Of IRREGULAR VERBS

Of DERIVATION

SYNTAX

PROSODY

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Grammar, which is the art of using words properly, comprises four parts: Orthography, Etymology, Syntax, and Prosody.

Orthography is the art of combining letters into syllables, and syllables into words. It therefore teaches previously the form and sound of letters.

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Women is pronounced wimen.

O coalesces into a diphthong with a, as moan, groan, approach: oa has the sound of o long.

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