Wren & Martin
Encyclopedia
Wren & Martin refers to a single book High School English Grammar and Composition or collectively, a series of English grammar
textbooks written jointly by P. C. Wren
and H. Martin. Written primarily for the children of British officers resident in India, these books were widely adopted by Indian and Pakistani schools in the post British era and missionary schools in Burma. The books were published in 1935, with a discussion of composition
added later. The material in the books is largely based on The Manual of English Grammar and Composition by J.C. Nesfield.
The books in the series are Elementary English Grammar, A First Book of English Grammar and Composition, High School English Grammar and Composition and A Final Course of Grammar & Composition.
The series of textbooks is still in use at many Indian schools. While semantic change
and advances in theoretical linguistics
have dated the original books, they continue to enjoy considerable popularity
and an updated version is now in common use.
Grammar
In linguistics, grammar is the set of structural rules that govern the composition of clauses, phrases, and words in any given natural language. The term refers also to the study of such rules, and this field includes morphology, syntax, and phonology, often complemented by phonetics, semantics,...
textbooks written jointly by P. C. Wren
P. C. Wren
Percival Christopher Wren was a British writer, mostly of adventure fiction. He is remembered best for Beau Geste, a much-filmed book of 1924, involving the French Foreign Legion in North Africa, and its main sequels, Beau Sabreur and Beau Ideal Percival Christopher Wren (1 November 187522...
and H. Martin. Written primarily for the children of British officers resident in India, these books were widely adopted by Indian and Pakistani schools in the post British era and missionary schools in Burma. The books were published in 1935, with a discussion of composition
Composition (language)
The term composition , in written language, refers to the collective body of important features established by the author in their creation of literature...
added later. The material in the books is largely based on The Manual of English Grammar and Composition by J.C. Nesfield.
The books in the series are Elementary English Grammar, A First Book of English Grammar and Composition, High School English Grammar and Composition and A Final Course of Grammar & Composition.
The series of textbooks is still in use at many Indian schools. While semantic change
Semantic change
Semantic change, also known as semantic shift or semantic progression describes the evolution of word usage — usually to the point that the modern meaning is radically different from the original usage. In diachronic linguistics, semantic change is a change in one of the meanings of a word...
and advances in theoretical linguistics
Linguistics
Linguistics is the scientific study of human language. Linguistics can be broadly broken into three categories or subfields of study: language form, language meaning, and language in context....
have dated the original books, they continue to enjoy considerable popularity
and an updated version is now in common use.