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... Words 26 Words very often confounded .. Words often confounded Words spelt alike , but differing in accent and meaning 32 18 20 222222 22222 23 24 25 28 29 PART III - WORDBUILDING . Introduction General Principles and Tendencies.
... Words 26 Words very often confounded .. Words often confounded Words spelt alike , but differing in accent and meaning 32 18 20 222222 22222 23 24 25 28 29 PART III - WORDBUILDING . Introduction General Principles and Tendencies.
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E. Jones (B.A.). PART III - WORDBUILDING . Introduction General Principles and Tendencies of the English Language A Table of the Sounds of the English Alphabet Page 33 34 36 RULES FOR SPELLING . OMISSION OF LETTERS . Final e 38 Double 1 ...
E. Jones (B.A.). PART III - WORDBUILDING . Introduction General Principles and Tendencies of the English Language A Table of the Sounds of the English Alphabet Page 33 34 36 RULES FOR SPELLING . OMISSION OF LETTERS . Final e 38 Double 1 ...
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... WORDBUILDING . RULES FOR SPELLING . Rules. ÁB - SENT , not present . AB - STRACT , an abridgment . AUG - MENT , an increase . AUG - UST , the eighth month . COM - POUND , a mixture . CON - SORT , a companion . CON - TEST , a dispute . AB ...
... WORDBUILDING . RULES FOR SPELLING . Rules. ÁB - SENT , not present . AB - STRACT , an abridgment . AUG - MENT , an increase . AUG - UST , the eighth month . COM - POUND , a mixture . CON - SORT , a companion . CON - TEST , a dispute . AB ...
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E. Jones (B.A.). PART III . WORDBUILDING . RULES FOR SPELLING . Rules for Spelling are often expressed in language too tech- nical to be intelligible to learners ; they are not illustrated by familiar examples , and applied by numerous ...
E. Jones (B.A.). PART III . WORDBUILDING . RULES FOR SPELLING . Rules for Spelling are often expressed in language too tech- nical to be intelligible to learners ; they are not illustrated by familiar examples , and applied by numerous ...
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... branch of education more systematic , more pleasant , and more satisfactory in its results , than heretofore . WORDBUILDING . OMISSION OF LETTERS . - RULE I. - THE ESSENTIALS OF SPELLING . 37 RULES FOR SPELLING OMISSION OF LETTERS.
... branch of education more systematic , more pleasant , and more satisfactory in its results , than heretofore . WORDBUILDING . OMISSION OF LETTERS . - RULE I. - THE ESSENTIALS OF SPELLING . 37 RULES FOR SPELLING OMISSION OF LETTERS.
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accented Add able affix beginning analogy ance ANOMALOUS WORDS Apostasy aversion boat bond-age cab-bage CHANGE OF LETTERS.-RULE child chough chyle chyme con-val-es-cent DIPHTHONGS DOUBLING OF LETTERS.-RULE dough drachm ence English spelling English words end ESSENTIALS OF SPELLING EXAMPLES EXERCISES final following verbs following words form the following grease guage ible IRREGULAR COMBINATIONS knead language large number last consonant LETTERS.-RULE I.-FINAL LONG VOWEL SOUNDS lyre MAIZE manner form MAX MÜLLER mode monosyllables Noah's ark OMISSION OF LETTERS.-RULE past tense phlegm pity plough practical preceded principle pronunciation race fleece redundant letters rem-in-is-cent retained ribon Rules for Spelling sentences SHORT VOWEL SOUNDS SILENT LETTERS steady ready surplice syllable beginning teacher teaching spelling tendency to throw terminations thyme tion tree try glory UNSETTLED ORTHOGRAPHY Verbs ending vil-lage vowel is added WEEN WORDBUILDING words below add WORDS OF UNSETTLED Write the names zhun
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Page 93 - In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Page 83 - While hewing yews Hugh lost his ewe And put it in the Hue and Cry, To name its face's dusky hues Was all the effort he could use. You brought the ewe back by and by And only begged the hewer's ewer Your hands to wash in water pure Lest nice-nosed ladies not a few Should cry, on coming near you, 'Ugh'.
Page 45 - Final y preceded by a consonant is changed into i before all affixes, except those beginning with i.
Page 88 - Little strokes fell great oaks. hun'ger blan ket trin ket tinker con gress 64 65 RULES FOR SPELLING. L Final e is dropped when a syllable beginning with a vowel is added. 128. -ing. Waste not, want not. bake . . . bak'ing love . . . lov'ing place plac ing trace trac ing make mak ing like lik ing come com ing smile smil ing have hav ing 129.
Page 83 - Hugh lost hia ewe, And put it in the " Hue and Cry ;" To mark it's face's dusky hues Was all the effort he could use.
Page 55 - Words of one syllabic, and words accented on the last syllable, double the last consonant. When a syllable beginning with a vowel is added...