Italian Conversation Grammar, Comprising the Most Important Rules of Italian Grammar, With Numerous Examples and Exercises Thereon, English-Italian Dialogues, Hints on Italian Versification, and Extracts in Italian Poetry, Followed by a Short Guide T e-bog

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. In bringing before the public this grammar, which is arranged in a way different from that generally adopted, I feel it incumbent on me to offer a few words of explanation.<br><br>I have throughout adhered to the deductive method, that is, I do not set any exercise before the student, except on points previously explained. I have always regarded as mischievous the system of setting exercises beyond the knowledge of the student, and in which one-half of the words are translated; these may be called exercises in writing, rather than exercises on grammar, and in doing them the student often loses sight of the very points the grammarian wishes to elucidate.<br><br>I have made the verb the framework of the whole grammar, as it is impossible to form a sentence without, it. I have also discarded the usual method of separating Accidence from Syntax, for it seems to me that such a separation has no existence in reality; I have combined the two parts, and gradually introduced the Syntax as I thought its knowledge would be required by the student.<br><br>Being convinced, as most people now are, that the best way of learning a foreign language is to translate into it from one's own language, I have added to this grammar a Short Guide to Italian Composition, comprising extracts in English prose, with notes to facilitate their translation into Italian.