Excerpt from The Smith-McMurry Language Series, Vol. 2 IN preparing this book, we have kept in mind the two major advances made in the teaching of English. These are, first, the preeminence of the paragraph as the unit of composition; and, second, the conviction that ordered speaking should precede studied writing. If the paragraph may be considered the discovery of the last quarter of the nineteenth century the primacy of spoken English is the corresponding discovery of the first quarter of the twentieth century. It is ...
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Excerpt from The Smith-McMurry Language Series, Vol. 2 IN preparing this book, we have kept in mind the two major advances made in the teaching of English. These are, first, the preeminence of the paragraph as the unit of composition; and, second, the conviction that ordered speaking should precede studied writing. If the paragraph may be considered the discovery of the last quarter of the nineteenth century the primacy of spoken English is the corresponding discovery of the first quarter of the twentieth century. It is not merely that we talk habitually and write occasionally. A further reason is that the best possible preparation for writing on any subject is to talk freely on the subject before the pen is taken in hand. It is not so much a question of primacy, after all; it is rather a question of priority. Speaking Should come first. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... 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.
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