The Elements of English GrammarUniversity Press, 1898 - 304 pages |
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... true account of the matter , at any rate so far as one's own language is concerned , to say , as is sometimes said , that grammar teaches us to speak and write correctly . We learn to speak and write correctly by mixing with educated ...
... true account of the matter , at any rate so far as one's own language is concerned , to say , as is sometimes said , that grammar teaches us to speak and write correctly . We learn to speak and write correctly by mixing with educated ...
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... the subject it is . our own . 39. But when we speak or write , it is rarely the case that words stand alone in this fashion . It is true that sometimes they occur thus : for example , we may say 34 ELEMENTS OF ENGLISH GRAMMAR .
... the subject it is . our own . 39. But when we speak or write , it is rarely the case that words stand alone in this fashion . It is true that sometimes they occur thus : for example , we may say 34 ELEMENTS OF ENGLISH GRAMMAR .
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... true diph- thongs ; they are only more or less clumsy ways of showing the length of an elementary vowel - sound . The true diph- thongs in English , those in which two vowel - sounds are run into one , are four , or perhaps five , in ...
... true diph- thongs ; they are only more or less clumsy ways of showing the length of an elementary vowel - sound . The true diph- thongs in English , those in which two vowel - sounds are run into one , are four , or perhaps five , in ...
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... true of the u in mute . Most of these diphthongal sounds can be repre- sented in other ways . Thus oi is expressed by oy in boy , by uoy in buoy . Ow is frequently used instead of ou . Ew ( few ) , ui ( suit ) , ue ( hue ) , eau ...
... true of the u in mute . Most of these diphthongal sounds can be repre- sented in other ways . Thus oi is expressed by oy in boy , by uoy in buoy . Ow is frequently used instead of ou . Ew ( few ) , ui ( suit ) , ue ( hue ) , eau ...
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... true of the sh in shine . We have no single letter or symbol to express it , but we ought to have such a symbol , for the sound is elementary . The sounds of dh in thine and of th in thin are different , but they are both of them ...
... true of the sh in shine . We have no single letter or symbol to express it , but we ought to have such a symbol , for the sound is elementary . The sounds of dh in thine and of th in thin are different , but they are both of them ...
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