Excerpt from First Lessons in English Grammar: Used by the Brothers of the Christian Schools It purports to give only the bare essentials of the sub ject, illustrating definitions and rules with copious exam ples suited to the intelligence of beginners. It is to be hoped that teachers will find it an easy stepping-stone by which the young pupil will be enabled to ascend to a more thorough knowledge of our language. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.