The Elements of English GrammarUniversity Press, 1897 - 288 pages |
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... voice , to fall at regular intervals , like the beats in music . This regular recurrence of accented and unaccented syllables is called rhythm . A study of metres helps us to appreciate and enjoy the skill which our poets have shown in ...
... voice , to fall at regular intervals , like the beats in music . This regular recurrence of accented and unaccented syllables is called rhythm . A study of metres helps us to appreciate and enjoy the skill which our poets have shown in ...
Page 37
... voice . A consonant is a sound by the aid of which we cannot pronounce any other sound at the ordinary pitch of the voice . Pronounce once more the sounds p ' , b ' , t , d ' , without any accompanying vowel . The parting of the lips in ...
... voice . A consonant is a sound by the aid of which we cannot pronounce any other sound at the ordinary pitch of the voice . Pronounce once more the sounds p ' , b ' , t , d ' , without any accompanying vowel . The parting of the lips in ...
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... voice . Con- versation across the table in these tones would be inaudible , and a speech in so low a key to a public meeting would be no better than dumb - show . Add a vowel to these silent letters however ; say pay , be , toe , daw ...
... voice . Con- versation across the table in these tones would be inaudible , and a speech in so low a key to a public meeting would be no better than dumb - show . Add a vowel to these silent letters however ; say pay , be , toe , daw ...
Page 39
... voice , still they can be just heard , if an effort is made , while the and th ' are scarcely to be heard at all . The same contrast may be noticed in other pairs of sounds : g , if pronounced when isolated from its vowel , is audible ...
... voice , still they can be just heard , if an effort is made , while the and th ' are scarcely to be heard at all . The same contrast may be noticed in other pairs of sounds : g , if pronounced when isolated from its vowel , is audible ...
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... voice from which it derives its class - name is brought into play in its production . Lip - letters , Labials Teeth - letters , Dentals • Tongue - letters , Linguals Roof - of - mouth - letters , Palatals Throat - letters , Gutturals ...
... voice from which it derives its class - name is brought into play in its production . Lip - letters , Labials Teeth - letters , Dentals • Tongue - letters , Linguals Roof - of - mouth - letters , Palatals Throat - letters , Gutturals ...
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action Adjuncts adverb alphabet antecedent applied apposition assertion auxiliary verbs Britons called CHAPTER complete Complex Sentence compound conjugation conjunction consonants construction dative denote derivation diphthongal distinction employed ending English Grammar English language English origin equivalent Etymology examples express feminine following sentences following words French gender genitive German Gerund Give Greek horse illustrate Imperative Mood Indefinite indicative Indirect Object infinitive mood inflexion Intransitive Keltic language Latin words letters limiting mark meaning modern English neuter Norman noun or pronoun noun-clause occur Old English Parse passive Past Participle Past Tense person phrase Pleonasm plural possessive Predicate preposition present principal clause pronunciation relation relative pronoun represented Roman sentence contains signifies Sing singular sometimes sonant speak speech stands Strong Verbs subjunctive mood subordinate clause suffix superlative surd syllable Syntax Teutonic thou tive town transitive verb voice vowel vowel sounds Weak Verbs write written