An ABC of English UsageClarendon Press, 1959 - 192 Seiten |
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... consonants . Double consonants form one of the chief difficul- ties in spelling . They may be ( a ) natural - i.e . part of the stem or ' body ' of a word ; ( b ) formed directly by the addition of a prefix ( often with assimilation ) ...
... consonants . Double consonants form one of the chief difficul- ties in spelling . They may be ( a ) natural - i.e . part of the stem or ' body ' of a word ; ( b ) formed directly by the addition of a prefix ( often with assimilation ) ...
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... consonant preceding , and sometimes a consonant following , the vowel . Of these the vowels and the following consonants ( if any ) must be identical in sound ( not necessarily in spelling ) and the preceding consonants must differ , in ...
... consonant preceding , and sometimes a consonant following , the vowel . Of these the vowels and the following consonants ( if any ) must be identical in sound ( not necessarily in spelling ) and the preceding consonants must differ , in ...
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... CONSONANTS , Y > I , IE AND EI , & c . ) . In general , English spelling may be said to be difficult for the following main reasons : ( i ) The alphabet is ( a ) defective , in that its twenty - six letters have to represent over forty ...
... CONSONANTS , Y > I , IE AND EI , & c . ) . In general , English spelling may be said to be difficult for the following main reasons : ( i ) The alphabet is ( a ) defective , in that its twenty - six letters have to represent over forty ...
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accusative adjectival adjective clause adjective phrase adverb clause adverb phrase apposition archaic auxiliary become BLANK VERSE called colloquial common complement compound confusion conjunction connexion CONSONANTS construction correct dative definite derived distinction double doubt ellipsis English especially etymological examples expressed following sentences French genitive gerund grammatical Greek I-MUTATION iambic pentameter idiom idiomatic indirect speech infinitive inflexion intransitive intransitive verbs introducing inverted commas language Latin letter lines malapropism meaning metaphorical Mod.E modern modify negative nominative normal Note noun clause noun or pronoun object onomatopoeia original parenthesis past participle past tense periphrasis person plural poem predicate prefer prefix preposition present participle qualifying question quoted relative pronoun rhyme rhythm rule sense sentences illustrate Shakespeare simple singular sometimes sonnet spelling spelt split infinitive stands stanza stress subjunctive syllable syllepsis syntax terza rima thing thou tive usage usually verse vowel weak verbs word writing