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Fisher Slack, Ann. A new grammar: being the most easy guide to speaking and writing the English language properly and correctly. Containing, I. Orthography, or the Use and Sound of Vowels, Diphthongs, and Consonants; with Division of Syllables, and Use of Points. II. Prosody, or the Art of pronouncing Syllables in Words truly, whether long or short; with Tables of Words properly accented. III. Etymology, which treats of the several kinds of Words, or Parts of Speech, their Derivations, Endings, &c. IV. Syntax,; or the Order of Construction; which shews how to join Words aright, in a Sentence or Sentences together. To which are added, exercises of bad English, in the manner of Clark's and Bailey's Examples for the Latin, to prove our Concord by, &c. Designed for the use of schools, &c. The second edition, with additions. By the author of The child's Christian education, and others.The Women's Print History Project, 2019, title ID 13285, https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/title/13285. Accessed 2024-11-21.

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  author={Fisher Slack,Ann},
  year={1750},
  title={A new grammar: being the most easy guide to speaking and writing the English language properly and correctly. Containing, I. Orthography, or the Use and Sound of Vowels, Diphthongs, and Consonants; with Division of Syllables, and Use of Points. II. Prosody, or the Art of pronouncing Syllables in Words truly, whether long or short; with Tables of Words properly accented. III. Etymology, which treats of the several kinds of Words, or Parts of Speech, their Derivations, Endings, &c. IV. Syntax,; or the Order of Construction; which shews how to join Words aright, in a Sentence or Sentences together. To which are added, exercises of bad English, in the manner of Clark's and Bailey's Examples for the Latin, to prove our Concord by, &c. Designed for the use of schools, &c. The second edition, with additions. By the author of The child's Christian education, and others.},
  publisher={I. Thompson and Co. \& },
  address={Newcastle upon Tyne},    }

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