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The Grammar was continued in three volumes, treating principally derivation, composition and syntax, the last of which was unfinished.

Grimm then began a third edition, of which only one part, comprising the vowels, appeared in 1840, his time being afterwards taken up mainly by the dictionary.

The Grammar stands alone in the annals of science for its comprehensiveness, method and fullness of detail.

Every law, every letter, every syllable of inflection in the different languages was illustrated by an almost exhaustive mass of material, and it has served as a model for all succeeding investigators.

Diez's grammar of the Romance languages is founded entirely on its methods, which have also exerted a profound influence on the wider study of the Indo-European languages in general.