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... pronounce any words that properly belong to our ver- nacular language . The Tables intended for Exercises in Spelling and forming words , contain the original words , with the terminations only of their derivatives . These Tables will ...
... pronounce any words that properly belong to our ver- nacular language . The Tables intended for Exercises in Spelling and forming words , contain the original words , with the terminations only of their derivatives . These Tables will ...
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... pronounce words whose signification is not within the reach of their capacities ; for what they do not clearly comprehend at first , they will understand as their capacities are enlarged . The objects of a work of this kind being ...
... pronounce words whose signification is not within the reach of their capacities ; for what they do not clearly comprehend at first , they will understand as their capacities are enlarged . The objects of a work of this kind being ...
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... pronounced mězh'yoor , azh'ur . Of the foregoing letters , a , e , o , are always simple vowels ; and u are vowels ( as in in , us ) , or diph- thongs ( as in time , tune ) ; and y is either a vowel ( as in any ) , a diphthong ( as in ...
... pronounced mězh'yoor , azh'ur . Of the foregoing letters , a , e , o , are always simple vowels ; and u are vowels ( as in in , us ) , or diph- thongs ( as in time , tune ) ; and y is either a vowel ( as in any ) , a diphthong ( as in ...
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... u in unaccented syllables has , to a great extent , the sound of oo , preceded by y , as in educate , pro- nounced ĕd'yoo - kāte : nature , pronounced nat'yoor . The long sound of a in late , when shortened SPELLING BOOK . 9.
... u in unaccented syllables has , to a great extent , the sound of oo , preceded by y , as in educate , pro- nounced ĕd'yoo - kāte : nature , pronounced nat'yoor . The long sound of a in late , when shortened SPELLING BOOK . 9.
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... pronounced ce - ta'shus , gra'shus , con ' shense . D has its proper sound , as in day , bid ; when preceded in the same syllable by a whispered or non - vocal consonant , it uniformly takes the sound of t , as in hissed ( hist ) . F ...
... pronounced ce - ta'shus , gra'shus , con ' shense . D has its proper sound , as in day , bid ; when preceded in the same syllable by a whispered or non - vocal consonant , it uniformly takes the sound of t , as in hissed ( hist ) . F ...
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ACCENTED al low ÂRE āte BÄR bil i ty BĨRD BỎN BULE BYLE CÂRE çel çen çent çep çer cial cious çişm consonant denotes digraph diphthong diş eŎn eôr EXIST FALL FOLLOWING WORDS FOOT FOUR SYLLABLES GÂRE HÊR HĨR işm la tion LÅST letters ling LINK log ie ly ness MARÏNE māte ment mět MOON MOVE nant näte nouns oŭs păr pěn PREY PRONOUNCED PULL ra phy rāte ri ous ri ty sion sive SỎN sound SYLLABLES tain tāte těn THÊRE THREE SYLLABLES tial tion eon tion ex tious tive trae trans tūre ū lāte UNMARKED ūre vowel WHẠT WOLF WORDS OF FOUR WORDS OF THREE
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