ERIC ED622445 Grammar of the French Language with Practical Exercises

ERIC ED622445 Grammar of the French Language with Practical Exercises

Author: ERIC

Year: 1832

In this textbook the parts of speech are arranged in the usual order and each part is discussed under a separate section Each rule is followed by a familiar exercise which the master may use in the place of a dialogue The advantages resulting from the scholars learning and then repeating their own translations by heart must in the opinion of impartial and disinterested minds materially tend to their improvement By these means the pupils uniting practice to theory not only become imperceptibly acquainted with the French phraseology which in many instances differs so much from the English construction but immediately know what is the English word that corresponds with the French and vice versa which cannot absolutely be done in a dialogue where the French is ready made for them At the close of every section a recapitulatory exercise is given upon all the preceding rules Throughout the whole composition the author's chief aim has been to unite ease and simplicity with accuracy and precision Notable features of this textbook include a comprehensive table of contents an alphabetical arrangement of the irregular verbs with reference to the places where they are con