Sanders' Union Speller: Being a Clear and Complete Exhibition of English Orthography and Orthoep̈y, on the Basis of the New Illustrated Edition of Webster's Great American Dictionary, Together with Numerous Exercises in Synonyms, in Opposites, in Analysis, and in Formal Definition : the Whole Adapted to the Use of Schools and AcademiesIvison, Phinney, Blakeman & Company, 1867 - 172 pàgines |
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Pàgina 7
... soft sound . Before a , o , u , l , or r , as in cat , cot , cut , clot , crop - before k , 8 , or t final , as in hack , optics , act , and , also , when it ends a word , or a syllable not followed by e , i , or y , as in lac , tac tic ...
... soft sound . Before a , o , u , l , or r , as in cat , cot , cut , clot , crop - before k , 8 , or t final , as in hack , optics , act , and , also , when it ends a word , or a syllable not followed by e , i , or y , as in lac , tac tic ...
Pàgina 8
... soft , staff , except in the word of , which is pronounced ov . It is never silent . e , G. G , before a , o , and u , as in gale , gore , gun , has , except in the word gaol ( jāle ) , a hard sound ; also , before 7 and r , as in glad ...
... soft , staff , except in the word of , which is pronounced ov . It is never silent . e , G. G , before a , o , and u , as in gale , gore , gun , has , except in the word gaol ( jāle ) , a hard sound ; also , before 7 and r , as in glad ...
Pàgina 11
... soft , or flat sound . When commencing a word , it has the sound of z , as in xebec ( zebec ) . Y. Y , when a consonant , always precedes a vowel in the same syllable , as in you , halyard . When a vowel , it has exactly the same sound ...
... soft , or flat sound . When commencing a word , it has the sound of z , as in xebec ( zebec ) . Y. Y , when a consonant , always precedes a vowel in the same syllable , as in you , halyard . When a vowel , it has exactly the same sound ...
Pàgina 15
... soft , like sh , as in ... eh , hard , like k , as in . ğ , hard , as in .. ġ , soft , like j , as in . s , sharp ( unmarked ) , as .eall , eoneur , success . child , much , touching . .chaise , machine . . ehord , ehorus , epoch . get ...
... soft , like sh , as in ... eh , hard , like k , as in . ğ , hard , as in .. ġ , soft , like j , as in . s , sharp ( unmarked ) , as .eall , eoneur , success . child , much , touching . .chaise , machine . . ehord , ehorus , epoch . get ...
Pàgina 44
... soft en bright en short en EXERCISE 120 . eat ' en bit ' ten rot ' ten cra ' ven fall en kit ten heav en e ven bắt ten smit ten leav en sev en fat ten writ ten hā ven riv en flat ten got ten ra ven driv en vix en box en bra zen " miz ...
... soft en bright en short en EXERCISE 120 . eat ' en bit ' ten rot ' ten cra ' ven fall en kit ten heav en e ven bắt ten smit ten leav en sev en fat ten writ ten hā ven riv en flat ten got ten ra ven driv en vix en box en bra zen " miz ...
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Sanders' Union Speller: Being a Clear and Complete Exhibition of English ... Charles Walton Sanders Visualització completa - 1873 |
Sanders' Union Speller: Being a Clear and Complete Exhibition of English ... Charles Walton Sanders Visualització completa - 1872 |
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 6 - 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 61 - The final consonant of any word accented on the last syllable, if preceded by a single vowel, is doubled before a suffix beginning with a vowel ; as, debar, debarring. Debar is accented on the last syllable ; the final consonant, r, is preceded by a single vowel, and is doubled before the suffix ing. Form and spell the derivatives that are obtained by adding the suffix ed to the primitives, abhor, rebut, remit, permit.
Pàgina 5 - ... SECTION I. ORTHOGRAPHY. ORTHOGRAPHY treats of letters, syllables and words. LETTERS are marks, or characters used to represent the sounds of the human voice, heard in speaking. The number of letters in English is twenty-six. In respect to form, they are distinguished as capitals and small letters. In respect to the sounds they are employed to represent, they are either vowels or consonants. A VOWEL represents a free, uninterrupted sound of the voice. The vowels are a, e, i, o, u, y. W, also,...
Pàgina 171 - Farewell, old Coila's hills and dales, Her heathy moors and winding vales ; The scenes where wretched fancy roves, Pursuing past, unhappy loves ! Farewell, my friends ! Farewell, my foes ! My peace with these, my love with those — The bursting tears my heart declare, Farewell, the bonnie banks of Ayr ! THE FAREWELL.
Pàgina 15 - When one letter of an improper diphthong, or of a triphthong, is marked, it is to be taken as representing the sound of the combination, and the letter or letters which are not marked, are to be regarded as silent, as in aim, clean, ceil, people, group, soul, journal, tow, &c.
Pàgina 171 - The chief words in the titles of books should begin with capitals ; as, Pope's Essay on Man.
Pàgina 171 - The Comma represents the shortest pause ; the Semicolon, a pause double that of the comma ; the Colon, double that of the semicolon ; and the Period, double that of the colon.
Pàgina 171 - REFERENCE. 1. The first word of every sentence should begin with a capital letter.
Pàgina 5 - U, after q, and sometimes after g and s, is a consonant equal to w, as in quit (kwif), languid, assuage. A TRIPHTHONG is the union of three vowels in the same syllable; as ieu in lieu. A CONSONANT is a letter that represents a sound of the voice, modified by some interruption from the organs of speech.
Pàgina 58 - Monosyllables ending, as pronounced, with the sound of k, and in which c follows the vowel, have usually k added after the c ; as in black, knock, buck.