Helps in the Use of Good English: A Hand-book for All who Desire to Speak Or Write Correct English, Գիրք 1Raub & Company, 1897 - 260 էջ |
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Արդյունքներ 12–ի 1-ից 5-ը:
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... syllable all the letters necessary to the correct pronunciation of that syllable . Thus , pref ace not pre face , ma tron not mat ron , twin kle not twink le , bril liant not brill iant . 5. A word having two or more syllables may be di ...
... syllable all the letters necessary to the correct pronunciation of that syllable . Thus , pref ace not pre face , ma tron not mat ron , twin kle not twink le , bril liant not brill iant . 5. A word having two or more syllables may be di ...
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... syllable . 8. Diphthongs and triphthongs are not divided . Thus , we write buoy ant , loy al , boy ish . When two vowels come together and do not form a diphthong , they form parts of separate syllables , and they may be divided ; as ...
... syllable . 8. Diphthongs and triphthongs are not divided . Thus , we write buoy ant , loy al , boy ish . When two vowels come together and do not form a diphthong , they form parts of separate syllables , and they may be divided ; as ...
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... syllable taking equal stress ; later still the accent was shifted to the word school , and the hyphen was dropped , and it seems to be the general rule in these . compounds that where the accent shifts to a single syl- lable the hyphen ...
... syllable taking equal stress ; later still the accent was shifted to the word school , and the hyphen was dropped , and it seems to be the general rule in these . compounds that where the accent shifts to a single syl- lable the hyphen ...
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... syllable verses are iambic . ” — Blair's Grammar . " Obscured , where highest woods , impenetrable To star or sun - light , spread the umbrage broad . " -Milton . " He manylanguaged nations has surveyed . " - Pope . " Bluntwitted lord ...
... syllable verses are iambic . ” — Blair's Grammar . " Obscured , where highest woods , impenetrable To star or sun - light , spread the umbrage broad . " -Milton . " He manylanguaged nations has surveyed . " - Pope . " Bluntwitted lord ...
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... syllable beginning with a vowel ; as , ice , icy ; move , moving ; advise , advisable . 2. Words ending in silent e generally retain the e on receiving an additional syllable beginning with a conso- nant ; as , wise , wisely ; shame ...
... syllable beginning with a vowel ; as , ice , icy ; move , moving ; advise , advisable . 2. Words ending in silent e generally retain the e on receiving an additional syllable beginning with a conso- nant ; as , wise , wisely ; shame ...
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Helps in the Use of Good English: A Hand-book for All who Desire to ..., Գիրք 1 Albert Newton Raub Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1897 |
Helps in the Use of Good English: A Hand-book for All who Desire to ..., Գիրք 1 Albert Newton Raub Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1897 |
Helps in the Use of Good English: A Hand-book for All who Desire to ..., Գիրք 1 Albert Newton Raub Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1897 |
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