Excerpt from The Use of Words, the Accidence of Grammar as It Explains the Parts of SpeechThe chief object in the teaching of English as a. School subject must be to acquire facility in the use of language as an instrument, and a clear apprehension of it as a means of expressing lucid ideas, and, as an aid towards these, some know ledge of its structure and its growth is of great importance.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.