The Elements of English GrammarUniversity Press, 1897 - 288 pages |
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... the correct writing or spelling of words is called Orthography . We write , or spell , with letters , so orthography deals with the alphabet . 37. If we are asked , -Are Orthography and Orthoëpy 32 ELEMENTS OF ENGLISH GRAMMAR .
... the correct writing or spelling of words is called Orthography . We write , or spell , with letters , so orthography deals with the alphabet . 37. If we are asked , -Are Orthography and Orthoëpy 32 ELEMENTS OF ENGLISH GRAMMAR .
Page 37
... alphabet . Pronounce it as if you ir.tended to say bad , but changed your mind and stopped as soon as the first letter had escaped . The sound is an instantaneous one . There is a sudden explosion of the b ' , and to prolong it is ...
... alphabet . Pronounce it as if you ir.tended to say bad , but changed your mind and stopped as soon as the first letter had escaped . The sound is an instantaneous one . There is a sudden explosion of the b ' , and to prolong it is ...
Page 47
... alphabet , we shall see that some of them find no place in our classification . The following letters are absent ... alphabet to furnish us with separate signs for simple sounds but not for compound sounds . There is no more reason why ...
... alphabet , we shall see that some of them find no place in our classification . The following letters are absent ... alphabet to furnish us with separate signs for simple sounds but not for compound sounds . There is no more reason why ...
Page 48
... alphabet , and nobody but an American humourist would employ it in spelling other words , writing ' h & some ' for handsome and ' underst & ' for under- stand . The like criticism applies to the compound sound represented by j . The ...
... alphabet , and nobody but an American humourist would employ it in spelling other words , writing ' h & some ' for handsome and ' underst & ' for under- stand . The like criticism applies to the compound sound represented by j . The ...
Page 54
... alphabet , it would fulfil these two conditions : 1. Every simple or elementary sound would have a separate sign : 2. No such sound would have more than one sign . And then , if we always used our perfect alphabet con- sistently and ...
... alphabet , it would fulfil these two conditions : 1. Every simple or elementary sound would have a separate sign : 2. No such sound would have more than one sign . And then , if we always used our perfect alphabet con- sistently and ...
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