 Before the words heir, herb, honest, honor, and hour, and their compounds, instead of the article a, we make use of an, as the h is not sounded; likewise before words beginning with h, that are not accented on the first syllable : such as heroic, historical,...  Conversation: It's Faults and It's Graces - Page 1211856 - 152 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Education - 1832 - 410 pages
...the benefit of those writers who are not accustomed to attend to such minutiae ' An is used before words beginning with h that are not accented on the first syllable, such as heroic, historical, heptagonal, &c.' This usage is absolutely required by euphony, and we are surprised to see it so often... | |
 | Henry Butter - English language - 1832 - 152 pages
.... .. disposition. Before these words, instead of the article a, we make use of an; likewise before words beginning with H that are not accented on the first syllable; such as hero'ic. histor'iial, heptag'onal, hydrau'lic, hy> pocrit'ical, hypothesis, &c, It is to be regretted. that... | |
 | Henry Butter, Richard W. Green - English language - 1836 - 202 pages
...Hu'mor, f disposition Before these words, instead of the article a, we make use of an; likewise before words beginning with H that are not accented on the first syllable; such as hero'ic, historical, heptag'onal, hydrau'lic, hypocrit'ical, hypoth'esis, &c. It is to be regretted that in the authorized... | |
 | Henry Butter, Richard W. Green - English language - 1837 - 286 pages
...low. disposition. Before these words, instead of the article o, we make use of an .likewise before words beginning with H that are not accented on the first syllable ; such as heroic, histor'ical, beptag'onal, hydrau'lic, hypocrit'ical, hypoth'esis, &c. It is to be regretted that in the authorized... | |
 | Henry Butter - English language - 1848 - 168 pages
...Before these words and their compounds, instead of the article a, we make use of an; likewise before words beginning with H that are not accented on the first syllable; such as hero'ic, histor'ical, heptag'onal, hydrau'lic, hypocritical, hypoth'esis, &c. • Words pronounced alihe, excepting that... | |
 | Charles Eves - 1852 - 152 pages
...takes care of horses. Hour . . . Sixty minutes. Hum'-ble . . Modest, low. Hu'mor . . . Disposition. Words beginning with H, that are not accented on the first syllable, such as hero'ic, heptag'onal, &c., take an, not a, before them. DERIVATIVE SPELLING BOOK. DERIVATION. THE tracing of... | |
 | Walton Burgess - English language - 1856 - 100 pages
...their compounds, instead of the article a, we make use of an, as the h is not sounded; likewise before words beginning with h, that are not accented on the...negligence of tutors, and the inattention of pupils, many persons have become almost incapable of acquiring its just and full pronunciation. It is, therefore,... | |
 | English language - 1856 - 366 pages
...as the h is not sounded : likewise before words beginning with H, that are not accented on ih&first syllable : such as heroic, historical, hypothesis,...work. : an hypothesis that can scarcely be allowed. NB The letter H is seldom mute at the beginning of a word : but from the negligence of tutors, and... | |
 | 1866 - 234 pages
...the h is not sounded : likewise before words beginning with II, that are ni-t accented on tilQJirst syllable : such as heroic, historical, hypothesis,...work : an hypothesis that can scarcely be allowed. NB" The letter H is seldom mute at the beginning of a word : but from the negligence of tutors, and... | |
 | English language - 1853 - 236 pages
...not sounded : likewise before words beginning with //, that are net accented on ihejlrst si/liable : such as heroic, historical, hypothesis, &c., as an...work : an hypothesis that can scarcely be allowed. NB The letter H is seldom mute at the beginning of a word : but from the negligence of tutors, and... | |
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