Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Principles of English Grammar, Defined and Illustrated: To Which Are Added Pieces in Prose and Poetry, Designed for Analytical Exercises; And False Syntax for Correction
On examination, it is ascertained that more than four-fifths of all the words in common use in the english language, are of anglo-saxon origin. Those words expresswe of the dearest relations of life; as, father, mother, brother, sister, husband, wife, son, daughter, are anglo-saxon. In reading English authors, we generally find, upon an average, that out of twenty-six thousand five hundred and sixty words, about twenty-three thousand are from the anglo-saxon. This fact presents a strong reason in favor of studying the anglo-saxon in our American schools.
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