The Comic English Grammar: A New And Facetious Introduction To The English Tongue

The text offers a playful, satirical primer on English usage, arranged across sections on orthography, etymology, syntax, and prosody. It explains letters, syllables, parts of speech, articles, nouns and gender, number and case, adjectives, pronouns, verbs including regular, irregular and defective forms, adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions, derivation, pronunciation, versification, and punctuation. Humorous definitions, caricatured examples, and engraved illustrations lampoon pedantry and popular speech while reinforcing standard rules. An address to students frames the material as both instructive and entertaining, mixing practical grammatical guidance with light social commentary on common usages and misuses.