The Elements of English GrammarUniversity Press, 1901 - 304 pages |
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Page 32
... nature of the gastric juice , than we breathed and digested before we acquired this information . But we do not feel that the time given to chemistry or physiology has therefore been wasted . An intelligent man likes to understand the ...
... nature of the gastric juice , than we breathed and digested before we acquired this information . But we do not feel that the time given to chemistry or physiology has therefore been wasted . An intelligent man likes to understand the ...
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... nature and man's art present to us , so an examination of the sounds which we utter in pro- nouncing English words shows us that they are made by combining about forty sounds which are simple or elemen- tary . Take , for example , the ...
... nature and man's art present to us , so an examination of the sounds which we utter in pro- nouncing English words shows us that they are made by combining about forty sounds which are simple or elemen- tary . Take , for example , the ...
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... natural pitch of the voice . Instead of saying , therefore , that vowels are sounds which can be uttered alone , and con- sonants are sounds which can be uttered only by the aid of a vowel , let us put the matter thus : Vowels are ...
... natural pitch of the voice . Instead of saying , therefore , that vowels are sounds which can be uttered alone , and con- sonants are sounds which can be uttered only by the aid of a vowel , let us put the matter thus : Vowels are ...
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... Natural vowel , - natural , because the sound is produced with the minimum of effort . Hence boys who get into difficulties over their construing , and orators who are at a loss to proceed with their speeches , occupy the intervals with ...
... Natural vowel , - natural , because the sound is produced with the minimum of effort . Hence boys who get into difficulties over their construing , and orators who are at a loss to proceed with their speeches , occupy the intervals with ...
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... Natural vowel we saw that an untrilled r , -an r followed by a consonant , -is often replaced by this vowel - sound . When we pronounce the word fair , what we really say is fae - a , the Natural vowel taking the place of r . It is only ...
... Natural vowel we saw that an untrilled r , -an r followed by a consonant , -is often replaced by this vowel - sound . When we pronounce the word fair , what we really say is fae - a , the Natural vowel taking the place of r . It is only ...
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