The Elements of English GrammarUniversity Press, 1898 - 304 pages |
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... simple and familiar the subject in hand , the more does the English element predominate . The words which denote the things nearest and dearest to us , the things which we have known from our childhood , are of English origin . Father ...
... simple and familiar the subject in hand , the more does the English element predominate . The words which denote the things nearest and dearest to us , the things which we have known from our childhood , are of English origin . Father ...
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... simple or elemen- tary . Take , for example , the words bat and but . Each word contains three simple sounds in combination , but two of the simple sounds , b and t , are the same in each . 43. Vowels and Consonants . Our first business ...
... simple or elemen- tary . Take , for example , the words bat and but . Each word contains three simple sounds in combination , but two of the simple sounds , b and t , are the same in each . 43. Vowels and Consonants . Our first business ...
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... simple or elementary , i.e. which cannot be resolved into component parts . I. Vowels . Of these we have in English fifteen , though there are only five letters with which to represent them . The following words illustrate the pure ...
... simple or elementary , i.e. which cannot be resolved into component parts . I. Vowels . Of these we have in English fifteen , though there are only five letters with which to represent them . The following words illustrate the pure ...
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... simple or elementary sounds , and ch and j must be rejected from the list as compounds . Ch , pronounced as in church , = t + sh , tshurtsh , and j , as in jest , = d + zh , dzhest . The objection may be urged that we have inserted in ...
... simple or elementary sounds , and ch and j must be rejected from the list as compounds . Ch , pronounced as in church , = t + sh , tshurtsh , and j , as in jest , = d + zh , dzhest . The objection may be urged that we have inserted in ...
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... Simple Sounds in English are ( 15 Vowels , viz . 6 a , 2 e , 1 i , 20 , 4 u . 20 Con- sonants Sonants , g , d , b ... simple indivisible sounds in English . If we add the two semi - vowels to the list , there are 37 such sounds . If to ...
... Simple Sounds in English are ( 15 Vowels , viz . 6 a , 2 e , 1 i , 20 , 4 u . 20 Con- sonants Sonants , g , d , b ... simple indivisible sounds in English . If we add the two semi - vowels to the list , there are 37 such sounds . If to ...
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