The Elementary Spelling Book: Being an Improvement on The American Spelling Book |
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... and has rendered uniform all classes of words falling within them . If established rules and analogies will not control the practice of writers , there is no authority by which uniformity can be produced The reading lessons are ...
... and has rendered uniform all classes of words falling within them . If established rules and analogies will not control the practice of writers , there is no authority by which uniformity can be produced The reading lessons are ...
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Each of the vowels has its regular long and short sounds which are most used ; and also certain occasional sounds which occur more rarely , as that of a in last , far , care , fall , what ; e in term , there , prcy ; i in firm , marine ...
Each of the vowels has its regular long and short sounds which are most used ; and also certain occasional sounds which occur more rarely , as that of a in last , far , care , fall , what ; e in term , there , prcy ; i in firm , marine ...
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The digraphs au and aw , have the sound of broad a , as in fall ; cu , that of u long , as in new ; and ey in unaccented syllables , that of y - short , as in valley . When one vowel of a digraph is marked , the other has on : sound ...
The digraphs au and aw , have the sound of broad a , as in fall ; cu , that of u long , as in new ; and ey in unaccented syllables , that of y - short , as in valley . When one vowel of a digraph is marked , the other has on : sound ...
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The general principle by which accent is regulated , is , that the stress of voice falls on that syllable of a word , which ... Cadence is a fall or modulation of the voice in reading or speaking , especially at the end of a sentence .
The general principle by which accent is regulated , is , that the stress of voice falls on that syllable of a word , which ... Cadence is a fall or modulation of the voice in reading or speaking , especially at the end of a sentence .
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... T и U V W X y Y Z & * pe си ar es te u ve double eks wi ze and DOUBLE LETTERS . ff , ffl , fi , il , ffi , æ , . * This is not a letter , but a character standing for and . BÄR , LÅST , € ÂRF , FALL , WILAT SPELLING - BOOK 15 f ...
... T и U V W X y Y Z & * pe си ar es te u ve double eks wi ze and DOUBLE LETTERS . ff , ffl , fi , il , ffi , æ , . * This is not a letter , but a character standing for and . BÄR , LÅST , € ÂRF , FALL , WILAT SPELLING - BOOK 15 f ...
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ACCENTED animal āte BÄR bil i ty bird body BÓN called cioŭs consonant ding earth EXIST FALL farmer FOLLOWING Foot formed FOUR give ground grow işm keep kind lā tion LÅST lāte laws less letters ling LINK live MARÏNE mark ment moon MOVE ness never nouns oŭs person PILL PREY PRONOUNCED SECOND ship short silent sion sive SÓN sound SYLLABLES těn thing THREE TIÊRE tion tive trans trees üre Verbs vowel WILAT WOLF wood WORDS
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| Title | The Elementary Spelling Book: Being an Improvement on The American Spelling Book |
| Author | Noah Webster |
| Compiled by | Noah Webster |
| Edition | revised |
| Publisher | D. Appleton & Company, 1866 |
| Original from | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Digitized | 14 Aug 2017 |
| Length | 170 pages |
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