The Little Grammar (Classic Reprint)
Cross, Ethan Allen
Excerpt from The Little Grammar
The little grammar attempts to set forth all the facts about English Grammar that have a function in shaping the language of young people. No one now believes that grammar books make children's speech. That process is one of gradual growth, mostly through unconscious imita tion. If all the language a child hears were faultless, there would be but little occasion for a textbook in grammar. Imitation, conscious a...