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... double vowels : - Wet Yet == = 00 et . ee et . Two vowels in the same syllable make a Diphthong ; as , boil , loud . When the vowel sounds are blended , as in the given examples , the diphthong is called proper ; but , if one vowel is ...
... double vowels : - Wet Yet == = 00 et . ee et . Two vowels in the same syllable make a Diphthong ; as , boil , loud . When the vowel sounds are blended , as in the given examples , the diphthong is called proper ; but , if one vowel is ...
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... double consonant ch is similarly dis- tinguished hard , in some words , like character ; soft , in others , as in church , chin . Besides ch , sh , th , and ng are regarded as double consonants . Syllables . ( From Greek syn , together ...
... double consonant ch is similarly dis- tinguished hard , in some words , like character ; soft , in others , as in church , chin . Besides ch , sh , th , and ng are regarded as double consonants . Syllables . ( From Greek syn , together ...
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... double termination . It is thus accounted for : -The Norse plural - ending er would make the word childer ( still to be heard among the Irish peasantry ; ) the English plural would be childen . Our plural is a compound of both . IV . By ...
... double termination . It is thus accounted for : -The Norse plural - ending er would make the word childer ( still to be heard among the Irish peasantry ; ) the English plural would be childen . Our plural is a compound of both . IV . By ...
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... double superlatives : - Ut - m - ost . Fore - m - ost . In - m - ost . The Anglo - Saxon Adjective . The Anglo - Saxon Adjective , like the Latin , had termina- tions to express number , gender , and case . Declension of God , good ...
... double superlatives : - Ut - m - ost . Fore - m - ost . In - m - ost . The Anglo - Saxon Adjective . The Anglo - Saxon Adjective , like the Latin , had termina- tions to express number , gender , and case . Declension of God , good ...
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... double Posses- sive . The full form - mine , ours , thine , yours , hers , theirs , ( all in & being written without the apostrophe ) is used without a Noun following ; as , This book is mine . The shorter form — my , our , & c ...
... double Posses- sive . The full form - mine , ours , thine , yours , hers , theirs , ( all in & being written without the apostrophe ) is used without a Noun following ; as , This book is mine . The shorter form — my , our , & c ...
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Page 4 - A word of one syllable is called a monosyllable ; a word of two syllables, a dissyllable ; a word of three syllables, a trissyllable ; and a word of four or more syllables, a polysyllable. DIPHTHONGS AND TRIPHTHONGS. A diphthong is two vowels joined in one syllable ; as, ea in beat, ou in sound.
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