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ENGLISH GRAMMAR is the art of speaking
and writing the English language with propriety.
It is divided into four parts, viz. ORTHOGRA-
PHY, ETYMOLOGY, SYNTAX, and PROSODY.

This division may be rendered more intelligible to
the student, by observing, in other words, that Grammar
treats, first, of the form and sound of the letters, the
combination of letters into syllables, and syllables into
words; secondly, of the different sorts of words, their
various modifications, and their derivation; thirdly, of
the union and right order of words in the formation of a
sentence; and lastly, of the just pronunciation, and po-
etical construction of sentences.

PART I.

ORTHOGRAPHY.

CHAPTER 1. Of the LETTers.

SECTION 1. Of the nature of the letters, and of a per-
fect alphabet.

Orthography teaches the nature and powers of
letters, and the just method of spelling words.
A letter is the first principle, or least part, of a
word:

The letters of the English language, called the
English alphabet, are twenty-six in number.

These letters are the representatives of certain
articulate sounds, the elements of the language.
An articulate sound, is the sound of the human
voice, formed by the organs of speech.

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