The Progressive Speller: For Common Schools and Academies ...Bazin & Ellsworth, 1859 - 168 pàgines |
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The Progressive Speller: For Common Schools and Academies ... Salem Town,Nelson M. Holbrook Visualització completa - 1859 |
The Progressive Speller: For Common Schools and Academies ... Salem Town,Nelson M. Holbrook Visualització completa - 1859 |
The Progressive Speller: For Common Schools and Academies ... Salem Town,Nelson M. Holbrook Visualització completa - 1868 |
Frases i termes més freqüents
Adjectives ance animal body cent CHAPTER DEFINED definitions denotes derivative DICTATION EXERCISE ence ending EXAMPLES EXCEPTIONS give heard implies kind late less LESSON letters manner mark means ment ness Nouns pär pass person pertaining plant plurals preceded prefixes producing root Rule serve ship short silent sion sometimes sound SPELLING substitute suffixes syllable thing tion tive Trans turn ūre věr Verbs vocal word write
Passatges populars
Pàgina 18 - A, a; B, b; C, c ; D, d; E, e ; F, f; G, g; H, h; I, i; J, j; K, k ; L, 1; M, m ; N, n ; O, o...
Pàgina 15 - A word of one syllable is termed a monosyllable, a word of two syllables, a dissyllable; a word of three syllables, a trisyllable; and a word of four or more syllables, a polysyllable. All words are either primitive or derivative. A primitive word is that which cannot be reduced to any simpler word in the language; as, man, good, content.
Pàgina 165 - Ct., Cts. Cent, Cents. CW Canada West. DC District of Columbia. DD Doctor of Divinity. Dea. Deacon. Dec. December. Del. Delaware. Dept. Deputy ; Department.
Pàgina 6 - The vowels are a, e, i, o, u, and sometimes w and y. W and y are consonants when they begin a word or syllable ; but in every other situation they are vowels.
Pàgina 165 - L. 1. or £. A pound sterling. La. Louisiana. Lat. Latin; Latitude. Legis. Legislature. Lieut. Lieutenant. LL.D. Doctor of Laws.
Pàgina 166 - Ps. Psalm. Pub. Doc. Public Documents. Q-orQu. Question. [strated.11 QED Which was to be demonQr. Quarter. Rec'd Pay't. Received Payment. Rep. Representative. Rev. Reverend ; Revelation. RI Rhode Island. RR Railroad. Rt. Hon. Right Honorable. S. South ; Shilling ; Sign. SA South America.
Pàgina 8 - lard" as an example of the long Italian sound (as in father, &c ), and
Pàgina 12 - ... as in sacrifice, discern. C before ea, ia, ie, io, or eou, when the accent precedes, sounds like sh ; as in ocean, special, species, gracious, cetaceous. Ch is generally sounded like tch; as in change, chance, China, church, etc. In Greek words ; as in chyle, chorus, ch is sounded...
Pàgina 166 - Mons. or M. Monsieur. MP Member of Parliament. Mr. Master or Mister. Mrs. Mistress. MS. Manuscript. MSS. Manuscripts. Mt. Mount or Mountain. N. North. NA North America.
Pàgina 21 - There is a medium sound of this letter (o) which is neither so short as in not, nor so long as in naught.