以下選自Albert C. Bough和Thomas Cable所作的
A History of the English Language 3rd edition
第275頁。並搭配自己的翻譯。
The Aim of the Eighteenth-Century Grammarians:
十八世紀文法學家的工作目標:
1. To codify the principles of the language and reduce it to rule;
一、將語言的原則整合為體系,並歸納成規則。
2. To settle disputed points and decide cases of divided usage;
二、解決爭點,並決定不同用法的使用時機。
3. To point out common errors or what were supposed to be errors, and
thus correct and improve the language.
三、指出常見的錯誤或應為錯誤之處,並以此糾正、改進語言。
當時文法學家們的目標比較合乎當時規範語法的傳統。
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