Grammar of the German Language
With Exercises (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Grammar of the German Language: With Exercises<br><br>In placing the present volume in the hands of students of the German language, we cannot refrain from impressing upon their minds the incalculable importance of a thorough study of the grammar. We state the result of our long and undivided attention to this branch of education, when we say, that every endeavour to teach or learn German, in which the grammar does not hold the principal place, must necessarily prove an unsatisfactory, if not unsuccessful, attempt. The complaint which is not unfrequently made, that the German is a difficult language, is generally occasioned by an imperfect knowledge of the theory upon which it is constructed. Every intelligent teacher, we believe, will bear us out in saying, that any student of moderate abilities can in a comparatively short time acquire a correct and thorough knowledge of German, if he be taught by a sound and well-arranged system of grammar; whereas even the most cursory glance at the peculiar character of the language, must convince every unprejudiced mind of the absurdity of expecting the same result from a method which either ignores the theory altogether, or assigns to it a secondary place.<br><br>For the system adopted in the present treatise, we have the authority of the best German grammarians, whose names in themselves vouch for its soundness and stability. We have availed ourselves of the works of Grimm, Becker, Heyse, Kellner, and others, and have added from our own experience whatever seemed best fitted to lead the student to a full understanding of the modern views of grammar applied to the German tongue.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>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.