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  2. History of English grammars - Wikipedia

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    If by the end of the seventeenth century, English grammar writing had made a modest start, totaling 16 grammars from the time of Bullokar's Pamphlet, by the end of the eighteenth century, a brisk pace had been set with some 270 titles added, [15] though it was less than half that number if later editions were not included; [16] a large ...

  3. Early Modern English - Wikipedia

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    Early Modern English (sometimes abbreviated EModE [1] or EMnE) or Early New English (ENE) is the stage of the English language from the beginning of the Tudor period to the English Interregnum and Restoration, or from the transition from Middle English, in the late 15th century, to the transition to Modern English, in the mid-to-late 17th century.

  4. History of linguistic prescription in English - Wikipedia

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    During the second half of the 20th century, the prescriptivist tradition of usage commentators started to fall under increasing criticism. Thus, works such as the Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage, appearing in 1993, attempt to describe usage issues of words and syntax as they are actually used by writers of note, rather than to judge them by standards derived from logic, fine ...

  5. Elizabeth Elstob - Wikipedia

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    Initial with Elizabeth Elstob's portrait from her English-Saxon homily on the birth-day of St. Gregory (1709) Elizabeth Elstob (29 September 1683 – 3 June 1756), [1] the "Saxon Nymph", was a pioneering scholar of Anglo-Saxon. She was the first person to publish a grammar of Old English written in modern English. [2]

  6. Jane Gardiner - Wikipedia

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    Gardiner was the author of several educational texts. In 1799 she published her Young Ladies’ Grammar, an unusual grammar that used French as a model for English grammar. [8] (for context, see History of English grammars.) In 1801 she published two accompanying volumes called English Exercises.

  7. Ellin Devis - Wikipedia

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    Ellin Devis (December 1746 – February 1820), also known as Eilen Devis or Ellin Davis, [1] was a schoolmistress and author of The Accidence (1775), a popular eighteenth-century grammar. Biography [ edit ]

  8. Thomas Wilson (schoolmaster) - Wikipedia

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    The son of William and Isabella Wilson, he was born at Priest Hutton, in the parish of Warton, near Lancaster, on 3 Dec. 1747, and educated at Archbishop Hutton's Grammar School, in Warton, and Sedbergh Grammar School. At Sedbergh he was an assistant under Dr. Wynne Bateman from 1768 to 1771.

  9. Ann Fisher (grammarian) - Wikipedia

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    Ann Fisher (later Slack; c. 9 December 1719 – 2 May 1778) was an English grammarian and successful author of several books. With A New Grammar (1745), she became the first woman to publish on modern English grammar, although Elizabeth Elstob had published a grammar of Anglo-Saxon (Old English) in 1715.

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