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... 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.
... 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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... differ . I must dissent from your opinion that it is safe to make the descent of that mine at present . GENIUS , natural talent . GENUS , a kind . Stephenson displayed remarkable genius in constructing railways . Every genus of animals ...
... differ . I must dissent from your opinion that it is safe to make the descent of that mine at present . GENIUS , natural talent . GENUS , a kind . Stephenson displayed remarkable genius in constructing railways . Every genus of animals ...
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... differing in accent and meaning . SURPLUS , remainder . TOWER , a fort . TRACK , a path . WANT , need . WAN , pale . COMMITTEE , a board of man- agement . DEFERENCE , respect . DECREE , an ordinance . FAIRY , an imaginary spirit . GUEST ...
... differing in accent and meaning . SURPLUS , remainder . TOWER , a fort . TRACK , a path . WANT , need . WAN , pale . COMMITTEE , a board of man- agement . DEFERENCE , respect . DECREE , an ordinance . FAIRY , an imaginary spirit . GUEST ...
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E. Jones (B.A.). Words spelt alike but differing in accent and meaning . END OF PART II . PART III . WORDBUILDING . RULES FOR SPELLING . Rules. ÁB - SENT , not present . AB - STRACT , an abridgment . AUG ... differing in accent and meaning.
E. Jones (B.A.). Words spelt alike but differing in accent and meaning . END OF PART II . PART III . WORDBUILDING . RULES FOR SPELLING . Rules. ÁB - SENT , not present . AB - STRACT , an abridgment . AUG ... differing in accent and meaning.
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... differ -able to fashion reason season treason favor -ist to Vocal medal moral method herbal -er to garden thunder murder common listen Add -ish to devil , heathen , woman , gibber . -an to public , republic ; -ism to terror , patriot ...
... differ -able to fashion reason season treason favor -ist to Vocal medal moral method herbal -er to garden thunder murder common listen Add -ish to devil , heathen , woman , gibber . -an to public , republic ; -ism to terror , patriot ...
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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...