The Royal Universal British Grammar and Vocabulary: Being a Digestion of the Entire English Language Into Its Proper Parts of Speech ... In a Method Entirely New. ...author, 1754 - 344 pages |
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... thou , cow , & c . Q. You faid there were fourteen Diphthongs in the British Language , for what Reafon have you inserted twenty - one ? And A. Custom has prevailed , and established it a Law to write at the End of Words y and w instead ...
... thou , cow , & c . Q. You faid there were fourteen Diphthongs in the British Language , for what Reafon have you inserted twenty - one ? And A. Custom has prevailed , and established it a Law to write at the End of Words y and w instead ...
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... Thou . But in the Names a Baw , ( to fhoot with , ) and a Bowl , ( a Veffel , ) the w is lost . ΟΙ and ΟΥ . Oi is only found in the Beginning and Middle of Words ; as oil , oi - fter , noife , poife , & c . Its Sound is always writ oy ...
... Thou . But in the Names a Baw , ( to fhoot with , ) and a Bowl , ( a Veffel , ) the w is lost . ΟΙ and ΟΥ . Oi is only found in the Beginning and Middle of Words ; as oil , oi - fter , noife , poife , & c . Its Sound is always writ oy ...
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... thou | circumvent - eft , pr . time . { thou circumvent - edst , p . t . 3. per . er . { be circumvent - eth , pr . t . be circumvent - ed , p . t . circumvent - ed , Q. S. p . t . p . circumvent - ing , Q. of doing , and pr . t . En is ...
... thou | circumvent - eft , pr . time . { thou circumvent - edst , p . t . 3. per . er . { be circumvent - eth , pr . t . be circumvent - ed , p . t . circumvent - ed , Q. S. p . t . p . circumvent - ing , Q. of doing , and pr . t . En is ...
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... thou wri - teft ; I wipe , thou wi - pest : It is plain there is no Need of two e's , viz . e final , and the Vowel in the Ter- mination ; but enough , it being fully declared in the third Part of Speech , Affirmations . Note 3. To caft ...
... thou wri - teft ; I wipe , thou wi - pest : It is plain there is no Need of two e's , viz . e final , and the Vowel in the Ter- mination ; but enough , it being fully declared in the third Part of Speech , Affirmations . Note 3. To caft ...
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... Thou 2 Per . 3 Per . { bou } { or You He Plu We Ye or You { She } { They It Why is the Word You ufed when we speak only to one Perfon , fince it is really of the plural Number ? A. Cuftom ( which has introduced moft Irregularities ) ...
... Thou 2 Per . 3 Per . { bou } { or You He Plu We Ye or You { She } { They It Why is the Word You ufed when we speak only to one Perfon , fince it is really of the plural Number ? A. Cuftom ( which has introduced moft Irregularities ) ...
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