J. C. Nesfield

NOTE This edition has been revised in order to bring it into agreement with the Recommendations of the Committee on Grammatical Terminology. This has necessitated certain changes in terminology and a few changes in classification, but the book, as a whole, remains as it was in former...

PREFACE That English composition in its earliest stages can be better taught by oral than by written exercises is an impression that for some time past has been gaining ground in educational circles. It is hoped, therefore, that an elementary text-book, prepared as this has been on an oral...