English Grammar: The English Language in Its Elements and Forms. With a History of Its Origin and Development. Designed for Use in Colleges and Schools |
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... representing the Elementary Sounds ... CHAPTER VI . ORTHOGRAPHY . 222 223. In what Orthography con- 231. Value of silent Letters .... 228 224 232. Etymological Facts and Reasons .. sists 224. Diversities in Orthography 224 225 ...
... representing the Elementary Sounds ... CHAPTER VI . ORTHOGRAPHY . 222 223. In what Orthography con- 231. Value of silent Letters .... 228 224 232. Etymological Facts and Reasons .. sists 224. Diversities in Orthography 224 225 ...
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... represented by certain consonants . 6. These languages , with the exception of the Ethiopic , are always written from right to left . The Shemitic languages are adapted to narration , to poetry , to the description of objective ...
... represented by certain consonants . 6. These languages , with the exception of the Ethiopic , are always written from right to left . The Shemitic languages are adapted to narration , to poetry , to the description of objective ...
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... represents the sound . In this chapter it is used to de- note the sound , and not the letter . It has been found that the note of a common organ may take the qualities of all the vowel sounds in succession . This is effected merely by ...
... represents the sound . In this chapter it is used to de- note the sound , and not the letter . It has been found that the note of a common organ may take the qualities of all the vowel sounds in succession . This is effected merely by ...
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... represented by the characters a , e , i , o , u . Those represented by a , o , and u are called broad or strong vowels ; those represented by e and are called small or weak vowels . COGNATE CONSONANT ELEMENTS . § 120. From the twenty ...
... represented by the characters a , e , i , o , u . Those represented by a , o , and u are called broad or strong vowels ; those represented by e and are called small or weak vowels . COGNATE CONSONANT ELEMENTS . § 120. From the twenty ...
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... represented by means of the letter i , the er- roneous notion prevails of its being a simple single elementary sound ; and also of its being the sound of i in pit , lengthened in the pronunciation . The real elements of the sound in ...
... represented by means of the letter i , the er- roneous notion prevails of its being a simple single elementary sound ; and also of its being the sound of i in pit , lengthened in the pronunciation . The real elements of the sound in ...
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Common terms and phrases
accent adjective adverb Alphabet ancient Anglo-Norman Anglo-Saxon antepenult breath called Celtic Celts classification combination common Compose a sentence compound CONSONANT SOUNDS consonantal elements consonantal sounds Danish dative denotes dialect Diphthong elementary sound England English language equivalent etymological euphony express French gender genitive German Give glish Gothic Gothic language grammar Greek guage inflection Italian kings Latin language Latin words letters loved Low Germanic meaning mind mode mouth nature Norman Norman Conquest nouns object origin orthoepy orthography participle peculiarities person Philippe de Thaun phonetic elements plural preposition present preterit pronoun pronunciation QUESTIONS UNDER CHAPTER race relation represented Roman roots Sanscrit Saxon Shemitic singular sometimes sonant SPECIMEN speech spoken language stock of languages substantive surd syllable taken term termination Teutonic th in thin thee thine thing thou tion tongue verbs vocal voice vowel vowel sounds Welsh whence word derived καὶ