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... spelling is occasionally misleading too , on this point . If I lay down a rule , that whenever ƒ is represented by ph , or k by ch , the word is Greek , or that whenever c represents s and commences a syllable the word is Latin ; or ...
... spelling is occasionally misleading too , on this point . If I lay down a rule , that whenever ƒ is represented by ph , or k by ch , the word is Greek , or that whenever c represents s and commences a syllable the word is Latin ; or ...
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... spelling you teach him , on your authority , and he is very little impressed by its want of philosophic precision . You spell the word mat , and as there are three distinct sounds represented by three distinct letters , which are ...
... spelling you teach him , on your authority , and he is very little impressed by its want of philosophic precision . You spell the word mat , and as there are three distinct sounds represented by three distinct letters , which are ...
Page 206
... Spelling Reform As- sociation , and to have his critical faculty called into action . under its auspices . It is , then , the English language as it is , and not as it might be , nor even as it ought to be , that we have to take for ...
... Spelling Reform As- sociation , and to have his critical faculty called into action . under its auspices . It is , then , the English language as it is , and not as it might be , nor even as it ought to be , that we have to take for ...
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... The teacher reads the lesson again , and asks the whole class to read it with him slowly , but still with all the proper pauses and inflexions . Spelling . 211 The third step is to call upon 210 Preparatory Training .
... The teacher reads the lesson again , and asks the whole class to read it with him slowly , but still with all the proper pauses and inflexions . Spelling . 211 The third step is to call upon 210 Preparatory Training .
Page 211
... spell it again . I will shew you three or four other words formed like it , Bright , Might , Fight . Let us put these into sentences , and spell them . " Thus you encounter the difficulties of spelling , as you encounter all the other ...
... spell it again . I will shew you three or four other words formed like it , Bright , Might , Fight . Let us put these into sentences , and spell them . " Thus you encounter the difficulties of spelling , as you encounter all the other ...
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