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 Accuracy |
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... sometimes w and y . Wandy are consonants when , they begin a word or syllable ; but in every other situation they are vowels .. It is generally acknowledged by the best grammarians , that wand y are consonants when they begin a syllable ...
... sometimes w and y . Wandy are consonants when , they begin a word or syllable ; but in every other situation they are vowels .. It is generally acknowledged by the best grammarians , that wand y are consonants when they begin a syllable ...
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... sometimes found in Latin words . Some authors retain this form ; as , ænigma , æquator , & c .; but others have laid it aside , and write enig- ma , Cesar , Eneas , & c . The diphthong ai has exactly the long slender sound of a ; as in ...
... sometimes found in Latin words . Some authors retain this form ; as , ænigma , æquator , & c .; but others have laid it aside , and write enig- ma , Cesar , Eneas , & c . The diphthong ai has exactly the long slender sound of a ; as in ...
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... sometimes the sound of sh ; as in ocean , social . C is mute in czar , czarina , victuals , & c . C , says Dr. Johnson , according to English orthography , never ends a word ; and therefore we find in our best dic- tionaries , stick ...
... sometimes the sound of sh ; as in ocean , social . C is mute in czar , czarina , victuals , & c . C , says Dr. Johnson , according to English orthography , never ends a word ; and therefore we find in our best dic- tionaries , stick ...
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... sometimes the sound of middle a ; as in clerk , serjeant ; and sometimes that of short i ; as in England , yes , pretty . E is always mute at the end of a word , except in mono- syllables that have no other vowel ; as , me , he , she or ...
... sometimes the sound of middle a ; as in clerk , serjeant ; and sometimes that of short i ; as in England , yes , pretty . E is always mute at the end of a word , except in mono- syllables that have no other vowel ; as , me , he , she or ...
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... sometimes at the end , it is quite silent ; as in right , high , plough , mighty . At the end , it has often the sound of f ; as in laugh , cough , tough . Sometimes only the g is sounded ; as in burgh , burgher . H The sound signified ...
... sometimes at the end , it is quite silent ; as in right , high , plough , mighty . At the end , it has often the sound of f ; as in laugh , cough , tough . Sometimes only the g is sounded ; as in burgh , burgher . H The sound signified ...
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