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On the English Alphabet CHAPTER II . Spelling and Pronunciation CHAPTER III .
Of Interjections CHAPTER IV . Of the Parts of Speech CHAPTER V. Of Presentive
and Symbolic Words , and of Inflections . CHAPTER VI . The Verbal Group 1.
On the English Alphabet CHAPTER II . Spelling and Pronunciation CHAPTER III .
Of Interjections CHAPTER IV . Of the Parts of Speech CHAPTER V. Of Presentive
and Symbolic Words , and of Inflections . CHAPTER VI . The Verbal Group 1.
Pagina 35
So far about the word man , which is an example of the slowest - moving of words
, which has not altered in its spelling , and which is yet seen to have undergone
alterations of another kind . The other instances shall be more lightly touched on
...
So far about the word man , which is an example of the slowest - moving of words
, which has not altered in its spelling , and which is yet seen to have undergone
alterations of another kind . The other instances shall be more lightly touched on
...
Pagina 50
The author was one of Nature's philologists , and he displayed his talent by
attempting a phonetic system of spelling . Had his orthography been generally
adopted , we should have had in English not only the mm and nn with which
German ...
The author was one of Nature's philologists , and he displayed his talent by
attempting a phonetic system of spelling . Had his orthography been generally
adopted , we should have had in English not only the mm and nn with which
German ...
Pagina 62
... but rather strengthens it by the spelling sch , as scharpe , schild , schal ,
schame , & c . ; whereas the Gloucester dialect eludes the h in such instances ,
and writes ss , as ssolde should ; ssipes = ships ; ssriue = shrive ; ssire = shire ;
bissopes ...
... but rather strengthens it by the spelling sch , as scharpe , schild , schal ,
schame , & c . ; whereas the Gloucester dialect eludes the h in such instances ,
and writes ss , as ssolde should ; ssipes = ships ; ssriue = shrive ; ssire = shire ;
bissopes ...
Pagina 114
... and the old - fashioned spellings of politick , ęsthetick , & c . , CK may be taken
as equivalent to KK . P is a letter that was not so much used in Old English as in
some kindred dialects . Our Saxon ancestors seem to have had a repugnance to
...
... and the old - fashioned spellings of politick , ęsthetick , & c . , CK may be taken
as equivalent to KK . P is a letter that was not so much used in Old English as in
some kindred dialects . Our Saxon ancestors seem to have had a repugnance to
...
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