A GRAMMAR OF THE GERMAN LANGUAGE. BY K. F. BECKER, M.D. Second Edition, GREATLY IMPROVED. EDITED BY BERNHARD BECKER. LONDON: PRINTED FOR LONGMAN, BROWN, GREEN, AND LONGMANS, PATERNOSTER ROW. 1845. PREFACE. The first edition of this work having been for some time out of print, it seemed proper, in publishing a new edition, to alter its plan in some respects, in order to facilitate the study of German Grammar by avoiding every thing which might discourage those who merely wish to acquire a practical knowledge of the German language. However, no one at all acquainted with the peculiar structure of this language, can be ignorant that it is in many respects and principally in its grammatical construction entirely different from both the ancient and the other modern languages; and that it is impossible for a stranger to speak German cor |