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Fisher Slack, Ann. A new grammar, with exercises of bad English: or, an easy guide to speaking and writing the English language properly and correctly. Containing, I. Orthography, or true spelling, which treats of the sounds and uses of the several letters in all their different positions; of the Division of Words into Syllables, and Use of Points. II. Prosody, or the Art of Pronouncing Syllables in Words truly, with Tables of Words properly accented. III. Etymology, or the Kinds of Words, which explains the several Parts of Speech, their Derivations and different Endings; Change and Likeness to one another. IV. Syntax, or construction, which shows how to connect Words aright in a Sentence, or Sentences. To which is added, a curious and useful appendix. The fifth edition improved. By A. Fisher.The Women's Print History Project, 2019, title ID 2069, https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/title/2069. Accessed 2024-12-24.

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  author={Fisher Slack,Ann},
  year={1757},
  title={A new grammar, with exercises of bad English: or, an easy guide to speaking and writing the English language properly and correctly. Containing, I. Orthography, or true spelling, which treats of the sounds and uses of the several letters in all their different positions; of the Division of Words into Syllables, and Use of Points. II. Prosody, or the Art of Pronouncing Syllables in Words truly, with Tables of Words properly accented. III. Etymology, or the Kinds of Words, which explains the several Parts of Speech, their Derivations and different Endings; Change and Likeness to one another. IV. Syntax, or construction, which shows how to connect Words aright in a Sentence, or Sentences. To which is added, a curious and useful appendix. The fifth edition improved. By A. Fisher.},
  publisher={Thomas Slack [Union Street]},
  address={Newcastle upon Tyne},    }

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