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Sep 28, 2010 · York's English grammar. by. York, Brantley, 1805-1891. Publication date. 1864. Topics. English language, English language -- Grammar. Publisher. Raleigh, N.C., Branson.
Lindley Murray (1745 – 16 February 1826) was an American Quaker lawyer, writer, and grammarian, best known for his English-language grammar books used in schools in England and the United States. Murray practised law in New York. As the colonies began to fight for independence with the American Revolution (1765–1783) and in the lead-up to ...
English grammar is the set of structural rules of the English language. This includes the structure of words , phrases , clauses , sentences , and whole texts. This article describes a generalized, present-day Standard English – forms of speech and writing used in public discourse, including broadcasting, education, entertainment, government ...
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- Who Was Lindley Murray?
- How Did Murray Become The Father of English Grammar?
- The Influence of Lindley Murray’s Grammar
- Lindley Murray’s English Grammar
- The Murray Legacy
- Do We Still Use Murray’s Grammar Rules?
Lindley Murray was a best-selling author during the first half of the 19th century. In fact, Bryan Garner’s article “Remembering Lindley Murray, an inspirational lawyer-grammarian” quotes the Murray family’s biographer, Charles Monaghan, as saying Murray was “the largest selling author in the world” during that time! Murray’s books didn’t include a...
In the 1790s, teachers from a new school for Quaker girls asked Murray to create a “grammar”—a grammar book—for their students. Murray obliged and published English Grammarin 1795, followed by an abridged version and then a set of exercises. He published a second book, English Reader, in 1799, which included excerpts of prose and poetry from popula...
In her article “The Huge Presence of Lindley Murray,” Lyda Fens–De Zeeuw notes several 19th and 20th century authors who mention Murray in their work. Charles Dickens references Murray as part of character descriptions in several novels. In Uncle Tom’s Cabin, Harriet Beecher Stowe describes a character’s manner of speaking as being in “free and eas...
Murray’s English Grammar, offered instruction on using the English language “with propriety.” His concern wasn’t just a surface-level preoccupation with rule-following. “Words,” Murray says in his introduction, “are the signs of our ideas, and the medium by which we perceive the the sentiments of others, and communicate our own.” Without knowing ho...
Lindley Murray died in February 1826. For the last 16 years of his life, he was an invalid, unable to leave his house. While he was known best for his contributions to the study of the English language during his lifetime, his legacy includes more than out-of-print grammar books. According to Garner, Murray left a significant amount of money for an...
Centuries have passed since “Murray’s English” was spoken and his English Grammarsat on the shelves of classrooms and in the hands of writers. The English language, along with some of its rules (even those compiled by Murray) and conventions, has evolved. However, if you look at the table of contents of English Grammar, you’ll recognize familiar te...
The history of English grammars[1][2] begins late in the sixteenth century with the Pamphlet for Grammar by William Bullokar. In the early works, the structure and rules of English grammar were based on those of Latin. A more modern approach, incorporating phonology, was introduced in the nineteenth century.
Jan 14, 2024 · The Oxford Guide to English Grammar is a systematic account of grammatical forms and the way they are used in standard British English today. The emphasis is on meanings and how they govern the choice of grammatical pattern.
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Jul 21, 2017 · Many of the citations and extracts used in this book have been taken from the British component of the International Corpus of English (ICE-GB). ICE-GB is a one million-word collection of samples of contemporary British English, taken from both spoken and written sources.
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