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Fisher Slack, Ann. A practical 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 the sounds and uses of several letters in all positions, of the division of words into syllables, and the 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 teaches how to connect words aright in a sentence, or sentences together. To which is added, a curious and useful appendix. The seventeenth edition, enlarged and much improved. By A. Fisher.The Women's Print History Project, 2019, title ID 2107, https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/title/2107. Accessed 2024-12-18.

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  author={Fisher Slack,Ann},
  year={1778},
  title={A practical 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 the sounds and uses of several letters in all positions, of the division of words into syllables, and the 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 teaches how to connect words aright in a sentence, or sentences together. To which is added, a curious and useful appendix. The seventeenth edition, enlarged and much improved. By A. Fisher.},
  publisher={George Robinson [ii] \& Thomas Slack [Union Street]},
  address={London},    }

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