 It has a sharp sound like ks, when it ends a syllable with the accent upon it; as, exit, exercise, excellence ; or when the accent is on the next syllable, if it begins with a consonant; as, excuse, extent, expense. It has, generally, a flat sound like...  The Speller and Definer, Or, Class-book No. 2: Designed to Answer the ... - Pàgina viper Edward Hazen - 1830 - 215 pàginesVisualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | Lindley Murray - 1805 - 348 pàgines
...Xenophon, Xerxes. It has a sharp sound like ks, when it ends a syllable with the accent upon it; as, exit, exercise, excellence ; or when the accent is on the next syllable, if it begins with a consonant; as, excuse, extent, expense. It has, generally, a flat sound like gz, when... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1809 - 330 pàgines
...Xerxes. It has a sharp sound like X'.st, when it ends a syllable with the accent upon it ; as exit, exercise, excellence ; or when the accent is on the next syllable, if it begins with a consonant ; as excuse, extent, expense. It has generally a fiat sound like gz, when the... | |
 | Allen Fisk - 1822 - 192 pàgines
...Xfoophon, Xerxes. It has a sharp sound like ks, when it ends a syllable with the accent upon it; as exit, exercise, excellence ; or when the accent is on the next syllable, if it begins with a consonant ; as excuse, extent, expense. It has. generally, a flat sound tike gz when... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1834 - 366 pàgines
...ORTHOGRAPHY. It has a sharp sound like k», when it ends a syllable with the accent upon it; as exit, exercise, excellence ; or when the accent is on the next syllable, if it begins with a consonant ; as, excuse, extent, expense. It has, generally, a. flat sound, like gz, when... | |
 | Lindley Murray, Allen Fisk - 1846 - 180 pàgines
...Xenophon, Xerxes. It has a sharp sound like Jfcs, when it ends a syllable with the accent upon it; as exit, exercise, excellence ; or when the accent is on the next syllable, if it begins with a consonant; as, excuse, extent, expense. It has, generally, a flat sound like gz when... | |
 | Richard Soule, William Adolphus Wheeler - 1872 - 522 pàgines
...consonant x is sometimes sounded like Tes when it should have the sound of gz. The general rule is, that x has the sound of ks when it ends an accented syllable, as in ex'cr-cise (eks'er-siz), ex'e-crate (eks'e-krat), and when it ends an unaccented syllable, if the next... | |
 | Richard Soule, William Adolphus Wheeler - 1875 - 502 pàgines
...consonant x is sometimes sounded like ks when it shovild have the sound of gz. The general rule is, that x has the sound of ks when it ends an accented syllable, as in exrer-cise (eks'^ er-siz), exle-crate (eks'e-krat), and when it ends an unaccented syllable, if the... | |
 | Richard Soule, William Adolphus Wheeler - 1891 - 510 pàgines
...consonant x is sometimes sounded like kit when it should have the sound of gz. The general rule is, that x has the sound of ks when it ends an accented syllable, as in ex'er-cise (eks'er-siz), ex'e-crate (eks'c-krat), and when it ends an unaccented syllable, if the next syllable... | |
 | Richard Soule, William Adolphus Wheeler - 1861 - 506 pàgines
...consonant x is sometimes sounded like ~ks when it should have the sound of gz. The general rule is, that x has the sound of ks when it ends an accented syllable, as mex'er-cise (eks'~ er-siz), exfe-crate (eks'e-krat), and when it ends an unaccented syllable, if the... | |
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