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Excerpt from An English Grammar, Methodical, Analytical, and Historical, Vol. 2 of 3: With a Treatise on the Orthography, Prosody, Inflections and Syntax of the English Tongue; And Numerous Authorities Cited in Order of Historical Development
Speech may unfold itself into a series Of sentences whose internal connection is brought to our consciousness by their relation and articulation rendered manifest in language. The doctrine of the joining of sentences treats of this grammatical relation of sen tences.
The succession of words and sentences is partly determined by their grammatical relation. The position Of words and sentences, ser viceable on the one hand for the clearness of speech and for the manifestation of its grammatical connection, and, on the other, aiming at euphony, leaves however free scope to various subjective points of view and changing emotions of the speaker. The statement of the usage Of the language in this regard is assigned to the doctrine collocation Of words and sentences.
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