Record Number: 14154
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'When I first ventured to write a sentence for publication, having a deep sense of my profound ignorance of the rules of punctuation, I applied myself to the study of Lindley Murray's grammar -- then the one accepted authority for English people. He gave seventeen rules for the right placing of the comma, and I thought it my duty to endeavour to master them. But my patience did not hold out [...] I threw aside the seventeen rules of punctuation, and in their stead placed on one mental page the simple definitions of the respective values of periods, colons, semi-colons, and commas which I had learnt as a child, and then took which ever common sense and observation pointed out as suitable to my purpose; and in the end I found that I had escaped any special criticism.'
Century:1800-1849
Date:unknown
Country:England
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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Female
Date of Birth:19 Feb 1815
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Teacher/Writer
Religion:Church of England
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:English grammar
Genre:Textbook / self-education
Form of Text:Print: Book
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Source Information:
Record ID:14154
Source:Elizabeth Missing Sewell
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Title:'The Reign of Pedantry in Girls' Schools' (article in The Nineteenth Century)
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Date of Publication:1888
Vol:23
Page:218
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Citation:
Elizabeth Missing Sewell, 'The Reign of Pedantry in Girls' Schools' (article in The Nineteenth Century), (1888), 23, p. 218, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=14154, accessed: 08 November 2024
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