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... constituent letters . We do not wonder that grammarians , who overlook this difference , and confound one language with the other , should differ in opinion and draw absurd FIRST PART . 5 The Definition of a Vowel and Consonant.
... constituent letters . We do not wonder that grammarians , who overlook this difference , and confound one language with the other , should differ in opinion and draw absurd FIRST PART . 5 The Definition of a Vowel and Consonant.
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Gerald Murray. the other , should differ in opinion and draw absurd conclu- sions . Mr. Walker , in his pronouncing dictionary , page 22 , says , " that w and y are consonants when they begin a word , and vowels when they end one , is ...
Gerald Murray. the other , should differ in opinion and draw absurd conclu- sions . Mr. Walker , in his pronouncing dictionary , page 22 , says , " that w and y are consonants when they begin a word , and vowels when they end one , is ...
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... absurd then to say that e is either a vowel or consonant in a word of which it forms no part ! In like manner the l in the word walk is neither vowel nor consonant , as it is only seen and not heard . The fore- going absurdities have ...
... absurd then to say that e is either a vowel or consonant in a word of which it forms no part ! In like manner the l in the word walk is neither vowel nor consonant , as it is only seen and not heard . The fore- going absurdities have ...
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... absurdity , and consequently each example is bad English . Can , may be prefixed to the auxiliary have and coincides with the future transit ; as , I can have finished my work at noon . If we are asked , why cannot we say , He can have ...
... absurdity , and consequently each example is bad English . Can , may be prefixed to the auxiliary have and coincides with the future transit ; as , I can have finished my work at noon . If we are asked , why cannot we say , He can have ...
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... absurdity cannot be cor- rect . We shall examine his third definition , which is this : 3rd . " A mode is a particular form of the verb , expressing an intention of the mind , concerning such being , doing , or suffering . " To the ...
... absurdity cannot be cor- rect . We shall examine his third definition , which is this : 3rd . " A mode is a particular form of the verb , expressing an intention of the mind , concerning such being , doing , or suffering . " To the ...
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absurd accent according action active verb adjective adverb agent auxiliary bad English called Cicero coincides complex assertive conjunction consequently consonant Crombie's definition denote detached past Doctor Crombie Doctor Lowth English grammar English language existence express finished grammarians Grant happy hence Horne Tooke imperfect tense implies indicative mood inference infinitive mood inflexion interrogative Lennie Lindley Murray Lindley Murray's Grammar link significations manner meaning mode name substitute nominative noun object acted observations parsing passing transit perfect participle periphrasis perspicuity pluperfect tense plural possess potential mood preceding examples prefixed preposition present tense primitive form pronoun propriety reader relation requisite link Rule sense sentence descriptive simple sentence speak stop at home subjunctive subjunctive mood substantive syllable tence thing third person thou tion tive truth twelve o'clock verb active virtue voice vowel writing a letter written wrote yesterday
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Page 240 - ... to dive into the depths of dungeons: to plunge into the infection of hospitals ; to survey the mansions of sorrow and pain; to take the gauge and dimensions of misery, depression, and contempt; to remember the forgotten, to attend to the neglected, to visit the forsaken, and to compare and collate the distresses of all men in all countries.
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Page 56 - Vague and insignificant forms of speech, and abuse of language, have so long passed for mysteries of science; and hard or misapplied words with little or no meaning have, by prescription, such a right to be mistaken for deep learning and height of speculation, that it will not be easy to persuade either those who speak or those who hear them, that they are but the covers of ignorance and hindrance of true knowledge.
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