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 ...Collins and Company, 1832 - 232 pages |
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... sometimes w and y . W and y 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 w and y are consonants when they begin a syllable ...
... sometimes w and y . W and y 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 w and 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 enigma , 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 enigma , Cesar , Eneas , & c . The diphthong ai has exactly the long slender sound of a ; as in ...
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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 ...
... 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 ...
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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 ƒ ; as in laugh , cough , tough . Sometimes only the g is sounded ; as in burgh , burgher . H The sound signified by ...
... sometimes at the end , it is quite silent ; as in right , high , plough , mighty . At the end it has often the sound of ƒ ; as in laugh , cough , tough . Sometimes only the g is sounded ; as in burgh , burgher . H The sound signified by ...
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... sometimes the sound of short i ; as in carriage , mar- riage , parliament . Ie sounds in general like e long ; as in grief , thief , gre- nadier . It has also the sound of long i ; as in die , pie , lie : and sometimes that of short i ...
... sometimes the sound of short i ; as in carriage , mar- riage , parliament . Ie sounds in general like e long ; as in grief , thief , gre- nadier . It has also the sound of long i ; as in die , pie , lie : and sometimes that of short i ...
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