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Excerpt from The Little GrammarTo say that is to say nothing new. The new thing 18 to try to make a grammar that will set forth only those laws of good usage that are really necessary as a guide to one who is looking forward as he expresses himself, or backward as he passes judgment upon what he has said. Such a book would be a functional grammar, for it would set forth the minimum essentials of grammar, only those grammar facts that have a fu...

Excerpt from The Short Story: A Technical and Literary StudyThe technic of the Short Story, as it is written today by the best of its masters, is quite definite ln its essential features and yet so ¿exible in the non-essentials as to give to the careless reader the impression of lawlessness. The purpose of the book, then, to be a little more specific, is to point out those technical features of the Short Story which are generally recognized by...

Excerpt from The Short Story: A Technical and Literary StudyThe technic of the Short Story, as it is written today by the best of its masters, is quite definite ln its essential features and yet so ¿exible in the non-essentials as to give to the careless reader the impression of lawlessness. The purpose of the book, then, to be a little more specific, is to point out those technical features of the Short Story which are generally recognized by...

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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...