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... move , prove ; -when it has the sound of oo , it is marked with a single dot under it ; as , wolf , wo'man ; - when it has the sound of broad a , this is indicated by a pointed circumflex over the vowel ; as , nôrth , sôrt ; --- the two ...
... move , prove ; -when it has the sound of oo , it is marked with a single dot under it ; as , wolf , wo'man ; - when it has the sound of broad a , this is indicated by a pointed circumflex over the vowel ; as , nôrth , sôrt ; --- the two ...
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... move , tomb . bosom , wolf , woman . ôrder , form , stôrk . moon , food , booty . foot , book , wool , good . rude , rumor , rural . pụt , push , pull , full . token , cousin , mason . REGULAR DIPHTHONGAL SOUNDS . · oi , or oy ...
... move , tomb . bosom , wolf , woman . ôrder , form , stôrk . moon , food , booty . foot , book , wool , good . rude , rumor , rural . pụt , push , pull , full . token , cousin , mason . REGULAR DIPHTHONGAL SOUNDS . · oi , or oy ...
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... on his wig . My nag can run in the lot . thé bed . I put the mug in my new tin box . I can rub the ink off my pen on a rag . He may put the red jug in my new tin box . MOVE , SỎN , WOLF , foot , moon , 20 THE ELEMENTARY.
... on his wig . My nag can run in the lot . thé bed . I put the mug in my new tin box . I can rub the ink off my pen on a rag . He may put the red jug in my new tin box . MOVE , SỎN , WOLF , foot , moon , 20 THE ELEMENTARY.
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Being an Improvement on the American Spelling Book Noah Webster. MOVE , SỎN , WOLF , foot , moon , ôr ; RULE , PULL ; EXIST ; ¤ = K ; & = J ; § = Z ; ÇH = 8H . No. 14. - XIV . ken din No. 15. - X V. mŏp fär pop jar sop mar bär băt pat No ...
Being an Improvement on the American Spelling Book Noah Webster. MOVE , SỎN , WOLF , foot , moon , ôr ; RULE , PULL ; EXIST ; ¤ = K ; & = J ; § = Z ; ÇH = 8H . No. 14. - XIV . ken din No. 15. - X V. mŏp fär pop jar sop mar bär băt pat No ...
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... mane date çite bone pure pine pane gate kite eone dine sine sane fate mite zone fine wine eane hate rite hone line vine wane late site tone mine bāne base mate dive Jūne MOVE , BÓN , WOLF , FOOT , MOON , 22 THE ELEMENTARY.
... mane date çite bone pure pine pane gate kite eone dine sine sane fate mite zone fine wine eane hate rite hone line vine wane late site tone mine bāne base mate dive Jūne MOVE , BÓN , WOLF , FOOT , MOON , 22 THE ELEMENTARY.
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ACCENTED al low ÂRE āte BÄR bil i ty BĨRD BỎN BULE CÂRE çen çent çep çer ÇH=SH cial cious çişm consonant denotes digraph diphthong diş eāte eŎn eôr EXIST FALL FOLLOWING WORDS FOOT GÂRE HẼR 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 RULE sion sive SỎN sound SYLLABLES tain těn THÊRE THREE SYLLABLES tial tion eon tion ex tious tive trae tūre ū lar ū lāte ū lous UNMARKED ūre Verbs vowel WHẠT WOLF WORDS OF FOUR WORDS OF THREE
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