The Elementary Spelling Book: Being an Improvement on The American Spelling Book |
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... make the learning , of Grammar easy , make the teaching of Grammar a positive pleasure Such is the testimony of our best educators , as shown by their letters in our Circular , where hosts of recommendations are published .
... make the learning , of Grammar easy , make the teaching of Grammar a positive pleasure Such is the testimony of our best educators , as shown by their letters in our Circular , where hosts of recommendations are published .
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A little attention to the Key to the Sounds of the marked Letters will aid both teacher and pupil in this interesting exercise . As it has been found inconvenient to insert the whole Key at the top of the page , as heretofore , frequent ...
A little attention to the Key to the Sounds of the marked Letters will aid both teacher and pupil in this interesting exercise . As it has been found inconvenient to insert the whole Key at the top of the page , as heretofore , frequent ...
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The articulations are represented by the letters called consonants . The sounds made with the organs open , are called vowels , as d , e , 0 . А union of two simple vowel sounds is called a diphthong .; as ou in out , oi in noise .
The articulations are represented by the letters called consonants . The sounds made with the organs open , are called vowels , as d , e , 0 . А union of two simple vowel sounds is called a diphthong .; as ou in out , oi in noise .
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... wolf , wolsey ;when it has the sound of broad a , this is indicated by a pointed circumflex over the vowel ; as , nôrth , sôrt ; -the two letters oo , with a horizontal mark over them , sall have the sound heard in the words boom ...
... wolf , wolsey ;when it has the sound of broad a , this is indicated by a pointed circumflex over the vowel ; as , nôrth , sôrt ; -the two letters oo , with a horizontal mark over them , sall have the sound heard in the words boom ...
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A combination of two letters used to express a single sound is called a digraph ; as , ea in head , or th in bath . The pronunciation of the diphthongs oi and oy is the same and uniform ; as , in join , joy . The pronunciation of the ...
A combination of two letters used to express a single sound is called a digraph ; as , ea in head , or th in bath . The pronunciation of the diphthongs oi and oy is the same and uniform ; as , in join , joy . The pronunciation of the ...
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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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