A New Guide to the English Tongue: In Five PartsS. Babcock, 1840 |
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... consonant . Am , an , as , at , ax , ay , if , in , is , it , of , oh , on , or , ox , up , us . Be he me we ye . Go ho lo no so wo . ( Do to . ) By ly my py vy . TABLE II . Words of three letters , viz . one vowel and two consonants ...
... consonant . Am , an , as , at , ax , ay , if , in , is , it , of , oh , on , or , ox , up , us . Be he me we ye . Go ho lo no so wo . ( Do to . ) By ly my py vy . TABLE II . Words of three letters , viz . one vowel and two consonants ...
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... consonant ? A. A consonant is a letter , that cannot be sounded without a vowel ; as b without e : therefore all letters except the vow- els are consonants . OF SYLLABLES . Q. What is a syllable ? A. A syllable is either one letter , as ...
... consonant ? A. A consonant is a letter , that cannot be sounded without a vowel ; as b without e : therefore all letters except the vow- els are consonants . OF SYLLABLES . Q. What is a syllable ? A. A syllable is either one letter , as ...
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... consonants in the middle of a word , that are proper to begin a word , must begin the syllable together ; as clus - ter . Q. What exceptions have you to this rule ? A. All such derivatives , whose primitives ending in e final , drop the ...
... consonants in the middle of a word , that are proper to begin a word , must begin the syllable together ; as clus - ter . Q. What exceptions have you to this rule ? A. All such derivatives , whose primitives ending in e final , drop the ...
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