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... LETTERS . Q. What does Orthography teach ? A. Orthography † teaches the nature and powers of letters , and the just method of spell- ing words . Q. What is a letter ? A. A letter is the first principle , or least part of a word . Q. How ...
... LETTERS . Q. What does Orthography teach ? A. Orthography † teaches the nature and powers of letters , and the just method of spell- ing words . Q. What is a letter ? A. A letter is the first principle , or least part of a word . Q. How ...
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... letters , called the English alphabet * , namely , a b cdefghijklmnopq r s t u v w x y z . Q. What are these letters ? A. These letters are the representatives of certain articulate sounds , the elements of the language . Q. What is an ...
... letters , called the English alphabet * , namely , a b cdefghijklmnopq r s t u v w x y z . Q. What are these letters ? A. These letters are the representatives of certain articulate sounds , the elements of the language . Q. What is an ...
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... letters which cannot be sounded at all without the aid of a vowel . They are b , p , t , d , k , and c and g hard . Q. What are semi - vowels ? A. Semi - vowels are those which have an im- perfect sound of themselves . They are ƒ , l ...
... letters which cannot be sounded at all without the aid of a vowel . They are b , p , t , d , k , and c and g hard . Q. What are semi - vowels ? A. Semi - vowels are those which have an im- perfect sound of themselves . They are ƒ , l ...
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... letters . OF WORDS IN GENERAL . Q. What are words ? A. Words are articulate sounds , used by common consent as signs of our ideas . Q. What is a word of one , two , three , four , or more syllables respectively called ? A. A word of one ...
... letters . OF WORDS IN GENERAL . Q. What are words ? A. Words are articulate sounds , used by common consent as signs of our ideas . Q. What is a word of one , two , three , four , or more syllables respectively called ? A. A word of one ...
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... letter s coming after it ; as , " The scholar's duty ; " " My father's house . " Q. When the singular terminates in ss , or the plural in s , how is the possessive written ? A. The other s is then omitted but the apos- trophe is ...
... letter s coming after it ; as , " The scholar's duty ; " " My father's house . " Q. When the singular terminates in ss , or the plural in s , how is the possessive written ? A. The other s is then omitted but the apos- trophe is ...
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according to Rule active verb adjective pronouns adverb agree articulate sound auxiliary colon comma common substantive COMPOUND PERFECT conjugated copulative conjunction DEFECTIVE VERBS derived diphthong ellipsis English express garden gender Give a definition governs happy hath honour Imperative Mood IMPERFECT TENSE indicative mood infinitive mood inflections interjection Irregular verbs Latin letters loved manner mayst or canst mind neuter nominative noun or pronoun objective Parsing passions pause perfect participle personal pronouns PLUPERFECT TENSE plural number possessive Potential Mood preposition PRESENT TENSE principal regard relative pronoun Repeat the rule RULE XI says &c SECOND FUTURE TENSE semicolon shalt or wilt shouldst signifies singular number sometimes speech stantive Subjunctive Mood substantives derived syllable Syntax temperate tense denote thing third person singular Thou art Thou hast Thou mayst Thou mightst Thou shalt tion tive triphthong verb active vice virtue voice vowels wise word wouldst youth
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