An Introduction to Latin Syntax (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Gibson, W. S.

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ISBN 10: 1330281217 ISBN 13: 9781330281215

Verlag: Forgotten Books, 2019

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AS regards arrangement, I have on the whole followed the lines of the Public Schools Primer, though I have not hesitated to depart from the order there Observed, where it seemed to me that greater clearness would be attained by so doing. Such departures occur chiefly in the treatment Of the ablative and Of the genitive. There is also an important one in Chapter II, Section 4, where, after the explanation of the accusative with infinitive, is introduced that of the mood and tense in a subordinate clause depending on an accusative with infinitive. It would be absurd for a boy to work all through the rules on the several cases, and those on the infinitive, gerunds, supines, and gerundive, before he had any practice in the commonest use Of the subjunctive; and this seemed the most natural place to introduce it.

Each Section concludes with one or more exercises, to test the pupil's power of applying the rule which has just been arrived at. In the framing of these exercises great care has been taken to illustrate the rules previously treated as well as those immediately under consideration, so that the pupil may by constant repetition be kept from forgetting what he has once learned.

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This little book is an attempt, based on the experience of several years, first as assistant master at a public school, and then as the master of a preparatory school, to present Latin syntax in such a way as to require less supplementing by oral explanation than is necessary with an ordinary memorial syntax (though for many boys this oral explanation can never be entirely dispensed with), and to make it impossible for any boy to learn the rules as mere forms of words, without any attempt at understanding them. Instead of beginning with an abstract (and therefore, to most boys, meaningless) rule to be learned, each Section begins with a Latin sentence or sentences illustrative of the rule which is to be explained. The master should see that the pupil is able to translate these sentences word for word, and to parse every word in them. When he can do this, he will be in a position to understand the analysis of the sentences which follows, leading him up by a kind of induction to the rule, which is thus only presented to him when he is able to recognise its truth.

About the Publisher

Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com

This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Forgotten Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2019
• ISBN 10: 1330281217
• ISBN 13: 9781330281215
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Sprache: Englisch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 176