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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 ...
Page 58
... 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 ...
Page 61
... 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 forty - three sounds . 1. 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 forty - three sounds . 1. a in gnat . 2. a in pair ...
Page 360
... 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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