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Grammar-Land

by M. L. NESBITT ( - )

Mr. Adjective

In this charming 1877 book of grammar instruction for children, we are introduced to the nine parts of speech and learn about the rules that govern them in Grammar-Land."Judge Grammar is far mightier than any Fairy Queen, for he rules over real kings and queens down here in Matter-of-fact-land. Our kings and queens have all to obey Judge Grammar’s laws, or else they would talk what is called bad grammar; and then, even their own subjects would laugh at them, and would say: “Poor things! They are funny fellows, these nine Parts-of-Speech. You will find out by-and-by which you like best amongst them all. There is rich Mr. Noun, and his useful friend Pronoun; little ragged Article, and talkative Adjective; busy Dr. Verb, and Adverb; perky Preposition, convenient Conjunction, and that tiresome Interjection, the oddest of them all."

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Listen next episodes of Grammar-Land:
Active Verbs Govern the Objective Case , Adverb , Conjunction , Dr. Verb , Dr. Verb's Three Tenses, Number, and Persons , Mr. Adjective Tried for Stealing , Preposition , Prepositions Govern the Objective Case , Serjeant Parsing in Schoolroom-Shire Again , The Nominative Case , The Possessive Case; and Who's to Have the Prize? , The Quarrel Between Mr. Pronoun and Mr. Adjective, and Little Interjection