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... elementary book formed no part of my plan . I hope , however , to have leisure to write a more elementary work than the present one , as well as to compile " Historical Outlines of English Syntax , " as a supplement to this " Accidence ...
... elementary book formed no part of my plan . I hope , however , to have leisure to write a more elementary work than the present one , as well as to compile " Historical Outlines of English Syntax , " as a supplement to this " Accidence ...
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... elementary articulations there is an inde- finite variety of vowel sounds . A , i , u are by philologists called the primitive vowels , and from them all the various vowel sounds in the Aryan languages have been developed . There are ...
... elementary articulations there is an inde- finite variety of vowel sounds . A , i , u are by philologists called the primitive vowels , and from them all the various vowel sounds in the Aryan languages have been developed . There are ...
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... Elementary Sounds in the spoken English Alphabet . In addition to the twenty - four consonants already enumerated we have fourteen single vowels and five diphthongs , making altogether jorty - three sounds . I. a in gnat . 2. a in pair ...
... Elementary Sounds in the spoken English Alphabet . In addition to the twenty - four consonants already enumerated we have fourteen single vowels and five diphthongs , making altogether jorty - three sounds . I. a in gnat . 2. a in pair ...
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... elementary sounds in , 61 , 51 . inconsistent , 62 , 52 . imperfect , redundant , 62 , 52 . Also , 200 , 312 . Amb , Romance prefix , 243 , 325 . American words in English , 33 , 29 . Amid , amidst , preposition , 205 , 314 . Among ...
... elementary sounds in , 61 , 51 . inconsistent , 62 , 52 . imperfect , redundant , 62 , 52 . Also , 200 , 312 . Amb , Romance prefix , 243 , 325 . American words in English , 33 , 29 . Amid , amidst , preposition , 205 , 314 . Among ...
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... Elementary sounds in English , 61 , 51 . Eleven , 112 , 128 . Eleventh , 114 , 136 . Elizabethan period , use of writers in , 90 , 73 ; 91 , 73 ; 102 , 99 ; 160 , 269 ; 170 , 279 ; 195 , 311 ; 196 , 311 : 223 , 323 ( note ) . Elra , 150 ...
... Elementary sounds in English , 61 , 51 . Eleven , 112 , 128 . Eleventh , 114 , 136 . Elizabethan period , use of writers in , 90 , 73 ; 91 , 73 ; 102 , 99 ; 160 , 269 ; 170 , 279 ; 195 , 311 ; 196 , 311 : 223 , 323 ( note ) . Elra , 150 ...
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adjectives adverb Ayenbite become Cambridge century we find Chaucer cloth cognate College compounds connecting vowel consonants Crown 8vo dative declension demonstrative ELEMENTARY ending Extra fcap fcap feminine fourteenth century FOURTH PERIOD French gender genitive Goth Gothic Grammar Greek HISTORY indefinite infinitive inflections inflexion language later forms Latin masc masculine Midland modern English NEUT neuter Northern dialect nouns numerous O.E. we find O.Fr O.H.Ger occurs Old English older oldest English originally Ormulum participle passive participle Past Indicative past tense PERF period we find plural preposition PRES Professor Robert of Brunne Robert of Gloucester root Sansk Sanskrit Schools Second Edition SECOND PERIOD Shakespeare silf Sing singular sometimes Southern Spenser stem strong verbs Subjunctive substantives suffix syllable Teutonic THIRD PERIOD thirteenth and fourteenth thirteenth century thou TREATISE twelfth vowel weak verbs West Midland writers þæt þat
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