# An English Grammar

Author: Baskervill, William Malone, 1850-1899; Sewell, James Witt, 1865-1955

Genre: Language Education

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/14006

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=An+English+Grammar+Baskervill&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

So many slighting remarks have been made of late on the use of teaching grammar as compared with teaching science, that it is plain the fact has been lost sight of that grammar is itself a science. The object we have, or should have, in teaching science, is not to fill a child's mind with a vast number of facts that may or may not prove useful to him hereafter, but to draw out and exercise his powers of observation, and to show him how to make use of what he observes.... And here the teacher of grammar has a great advantage over the teacher of other sciences, in that the facts he has to call attention to lie ready at hand for every pupil to observe without the use of apparatus of any kind...

## Chapters

- [Chapter 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/an-english-grammar-14006/chapters/4/index.md)
- [Chapter 6](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/an-english-grammar-14006/chapters/6/index.md)
- [Chapter 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/an-english-grammar-14006/chapters/5/index.md)
- [Chapter 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/an-english-grammar-14006/chapters/3/index.md)
- [Chapter 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/an-english-grammar-14006/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Chapter 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/an-english-grammar-14006/chapters/2/index.md)