Elements of English Grammar: With a Chapter on Essay WritingUniversity Press, 1910 - 336 pages |
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Page 37
... Consonants . Our first business will be to ascertain the different sorts of sounds which we make in speaking . The division of letters , which serve as the signs or symbols of sounds , into vowels and consonants , is known to everybody ...
... Consonants . Our first business will be to ascertain the different sorts of sounds which we make in speaking . The division of letters , which serve as the signs or symbols of sounds , into vowels and consonants , is known to everybody ...
Page 38
... consonants consists rather in this . A vowel is a sound by the aid of which we can pronounce any other sound at the ordinary pitch of the voice . A consonant is a sound by the aid of which we cannot pronounce any other sound at the ...
... consonants consists rather in this . A vowel is a sound by the aid of which we can pronounce any other sound at the ordinary pitch of the voice . A consonant is a sound by the aid of which we cannot pronounce any other sound at the ...
Page 39
... Consonants are sounds which will not enable us to produce audibly sounds which are by them- selves almost inaudible . 44. This account of the difference between vowels and consonants does not agree with the account which is usually ...
... Consonants are sounds which will not enable us to produce audibly sounds which are by them- selves almost inaudible . 44. This account of the difference between vowels and consonants does not agree with the account which is usually ...
Page 40
... consonants are formed by stopping or by squeezing the breath . All this is interesting , no doubt , to us as physiologists , but it is no concern of ours as gram- marians whether we stop our breath or only squeeze it , whether we ...
... consonants are formed by stopping or by squeezing the breath . All this is interesting , no doubt , to us as physiologists , but it is no concern of ours as gram- marians whether we stop our breath or only squeeze it , whether we ...
Page 42
... consonants , and sometimes with the force of vowels . In wit and yes they are consonants : in few and they , vowels . Hence they are called semi- vowels . In the sound given to w at the beginning of a word you may detect a close ...
... consonants , and sometimes with the force of vowels . In wit and yes they are consonants : in few and they , vowels . Hence they are called semi- vowels . In the sound given to w at the beginning of a word you may detect a close ...
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action adjective Adjuncts adverb alphabet antecedent application apposition auxiliary verb called CHAPTER complete Complex Sentence compound conjugation conjunction consonants construction dative denote derivation diphthongs distinction ellipsis employed English Grammar English language English origin English words Etymology examples express feminine following sentences following words French gender genitive German Gerund Give Greek horse illustrate Imperative Mood Indefinite indicative Indirect Object infinitive inflexion Intransitive Keltic language Latin words letters limiting mark meaning modern English neuter Norman noun or pronoun occur Old English Parse passive Past Participle Past Tense Periodic Sentences person phrase plural possessive predicate prefix preposition present principal clause pronunciation question reader relative pronoun represented Roman sentence contains signifies Sing singular sometimes sonant sound speak speech Strong Verbs style subjunctive mood subordinate clause suffix superlative surd syllable Syntax Teutonic thing thou town transitive verb vocabulary vowel vowel-sounds write