Orthography, Etymology, and PunctuationA. Flanagan Company, 1908 |
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... pronunciation and spelling , that no attempt has been made to present the points of difference between this and other eminent authorities . As an aid and guide to teachers who use the book with classes , frequent exercises have been ...
... pronunciation and spelling , that no attempt has been made to present the points of difference between this and other eminent authorities . As an aid and guide to teachers who use the book with classes , frequent exercises have been ...
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... pronunciation is known . Thoroughness should be the aim at every step . Make haste slowly , and repeat each drill over and over . Commit all rules to memory , and recite them frequently . In Punctuation and Capitals , have errors in ...
... pronunciation is known . Thoroughness should be the aim at every step . Make haste slowly , and repeat each drill over and over . Commit all rules to memory , and recite them frequently . In Punctuation and Capitals , have errors in ...
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... pronunciation of words depends upon the pronuncia tion of the letters of which they are composed , it is neces- sary first to understand the pronunciation of letters . There are twenty - six letters in the English alphabet . These ...
... pronunciation of words depends upon the pronuncia tion of the letters of which they are composed , it is neces- sary first to understand the pronunciation of letters . There are twenty - six letters in the English alphabet . These ...
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... pronunciation . The ending ed in the past tense and perfect participle of verbs was formerly t , and is sometimes pronounced as if so spelled . E has retained its form with little change from the Pho- nician . It is the most frequently ...
... pronunciation . The ending ed in the past tense and perfect participle of verbs was formerly t , and is sometimes pronounced as if so spelled . E has retained its form with little change from the Pho- nician . It is the most frequently ...
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... pronunciation is guided by no fixed rules , and abounds in inconsistencies . Its letters have no fixed values , representing different sounds in different words ( notwithstanding there are nearly twice as many sounds as letters ) , and ...
... pronunciation is guided by no fixed rules , and abounds in inconsistencies . Its letters have no fixed values , representing different sounds in different words ( notwithstanding there are nearly twice as many sounds as letters ) , and ...
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Common terms and phrases
abbreviation accent Anglo-Saxon apostrophe becomes English black boot-black boot breath called câre cent clause cognate colon comma common compound word consonant containing the sound dash derived diacritical marks digraph diphthongs diphthongs and triphthongs doctor doctor English alphabet English language Exception exercise final syllable five examples following words French give given grammar Greek homonyms hyphen illustrate Indo-European languages labial labio-dental Latin marks of parenthesis meaning medial misspelled modified mute nouns omitted orthoepy paragraph paronyms penult period Phoenician Phoenician alphabet phrase plural prefix pronounced pronunciation punctuation pupils quotation Repeat RULE represent root RULE VII semicolon semivowels sentence separate silent silent letters sometimes sonant sound of g sound of long spelling suffix surd syllable synonyms teacher thistles tion tongue trigraphs triphthong unaccented syllables usually verb vowel vowel sounds WEBSTER Webster's Dictionary white boot-black WORCESTER words containing Write ten words written
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