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    Comic English Grammar
    Comic English Grammar
    Comic English Grammar
    Audiobook3 hours

    Comic English Grammar

    Written by Percival Leigh

    Narrated by Ruth Golding

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    This is a basic grammar, treating of the parts of speech, syntax, versification, pronunciation and punctuation.

    The listener is warned that there is quite a dated feel about this little grammar as the author, in keeping with the times (1840), is a frightful snob about social classes, scathing about 'vulgar speech' and also sometimes quite rude about American turns of phrase. The author is not remotely as comical as he thinks he is, but it has its moments. (Summary by Ruth Golding)

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLibriVox
    Release dateAug 25, 2014

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