English Grammar: Adapted to the Different Classes of Learners : with an Appendix Containing Rules and Observations for Assisting the More Advanced Students to Write with Perspicuity and AccuracyOliver D. Cooke, 1805 - 336 pages |
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... beginning of words , and vowels at the end . Encyclopædia Britannica . WALKER's Critical pronouncing Dictionary , page 24 , PERRY's English Dictionary , Preface , page 7 . The mutes cannot be sounded at all without the aid 18 ENGLISH ...
... beginning of words , and vowels at the end . Encyclopædia Britannica . WALKER's Critical pronouncing Dictionary , page 24 , PERRY's English Dictionary , Preface , page 7 . The mutes cannot be sounded at all without the aid 18 ENGLISH ...
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... beginning , middle , and end of words ; as in baker , number , rhubarb , & c . In some words it is silent ; as in thumb , debtor , subtle , & c . In others , besides being silent , it lengthens the sylla- ble as in climb , comb , tomb ...
... beginning , middle , and end of words ; as in baker , number , rhubarb , & c . In some words it is silent ; as in thumb , debtor , subtle , & c . In others , besides being silent , it lengthens the sylla- ble as in climb , comb , tomb ...
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... beginning , middle , and end of words ; as in death , bandage , kindred ; unless it may be said to take the sound of t , in stuffed , tripped , & c . stuft , tript , & c . E E has three different sounds . A long sound ; as in scheme ...
... beginning , middle , and end of words ; as in death , bandage , kindred ; unless it may be said to take the sound of t , in stuffed , tripped , & c . stuft , tript , & c . E E has three different sounds . A long sound ; as in scheme ...
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... beginning , mid- dle , and end of words ; as fancy , muffin , mischief , & c .: except in of , in which it has the flat sound of ov ; but not in composition ; as , whereof , thereof , & c . We should not pronounce a wive's jointure , a ...
... beginning , mid- dle , and end of words ; as fancy , muffin , mischief , & c .: except in of , in which it has the flat sound of ov ; but not in composition ; as , whereof , thereof , & c . We should not pronounce a wive's jointure , a ...
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... beginning of a word , has the sound of the hard g ; as ghost , ghastly in the middle , and sometimes at the end , it is quite silent ; as in right , high , plough , mighty . At the end it has often the sound off ; as in laugh , cough ...
... beginning of a word , has the sound of the hard g ; as ghost , ghastly in the middle , and sometimes at the end , it is quite silent ; as in right , high , plough , mighty . At the end it has often the sound off ; as in laugh , cough ...
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accent action active verb adjective admit adverb agreeable appear auxiliary auxiliary verbs better cæsura comma common substantive compound conjugated conjunction connected connexion consonant copulative degree denote derived diphthong distinct distinguished English language examples express following instances following sentence frequently future tense genitive governed grammar grammarians Greek guage hath ideas imperative mood Imperfect Tense indicative mood infinitive mood interrogative irregular verb king learner Lord loved manner means mind moods and tenses mute names nature nominative noun object observations octavo participle passive pause perfect personal pronoun perspicuous phrases Pluperfect Pluperfect Tense Plur plural number possessive Potential Mood preceding preposition Present Tense principal proper properly propriety render respect RULE SECT sense sentiments shalt short signify simple singular number sometimes speak speech subjunctive mood superlative syllable termination thing tion tive Trochee variation verb active verb neuter virtue voice vowel wise words wouldst writing
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