English spelling: dictation lessons, arranged by A.H. Barford and H.A. Tilley |
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... For sale , a quantity of old sail cloth . The man was scarcely sane to throw himself into the Seine . Can you skate ? An abundance of scate in the mar- * Not reindeer , or raindeer . ket . It seems to me that the seams of HOMONYMS . 37.
... For sale , a quantity of old sail cloth . The man was scarcely sane to throw himself into the Seine . Can you skate ? An abundance of scate in the mar- * Not reindeer , or raindeer . ket . It seems to me that the seams of HOMONYMS . 37.
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Alfred Henry Barford. ket . It seems to me that the seams of your coat are undone . Hooper was burnt at the stake . A capital beef steak . I'll stake my word on it . He was sore afraid . The lark soars to heaven . That sore will not heal ...
Alfred Henry Barford. ket . It seems to me that the seams of your coat are undone . Hooper was burnt at the stake . A capital beef steak . I'll stake my word on it . He was sore afraid . The lark soars to heaven . That sore will not heal ...
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... seem to occur in the words manikin , panikin . Words of more than one syllable , ending in a single consonant , preceded by a single vowel ( some- times a diphthong , equalled , equipped ) , double the final consonant with affixes ...
... seem to occur in the words manikin , panikin . Words of more than one syllable , ending in a single consonant , preceded by a single vowel ( some- times a diphthong , equalled , equipped ) , double the final consonant with affixes ...
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... seems to predominate among English writers . Almost , withal , almighty , all - seeing , awful , albeit , fulfil , skilful , skilless , fulsome , bashful , & c .; wilful , fullness , full - dressed , unwell , welcome , farewell , wel ...
... seems to predominate among English writers . Almost , withal , almighty , all - seeing , awful , albeit , fulfil , skilful , skilless , fulsome , bashful , & c .; wilful , fullness , full - dressed , unwell , welcome , farewell , wel ...
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... seems to favour the spelling in or , which , as it exactly represents the sound , and does not conceal the etymology , seems to be more sensible , especially when nearly all of them drop the u in composition . The spelling of such words ...
... seems to favour the spelling in or , which , as it exactly represents the sound , and does not conceal the etymology , seems to be more sensible , especially when nearly all of them drop the u in composition . The spelling of such words ...
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English Spelling: Dictation Lessons, Arranged by A. H. Barford and H. A. Tilley Alfred Henry Barford No preview available - 2015 |
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accent affixes beginning apocrypha belong all words boar whets bread called chamois CHARLES BEAN chilblain church class belong cloth compound words consonant derivation diphthong diphthong sound drop dyvers effervesce English language English Spelling English writers EXAMPLES Exercise final consonant final letter flat mute foreign words four sounds French Germ Giaour Greek hoeing honour horse hysterics imbecility INFLEXIONS island Isle Italian Justices in Eyre Latin laudanum Leoht Lerwick licence lond Lord Lord High Almoner manner monosyllables noun oakum pair Philip prefixes and affixes pronounced purloin Rime frost river root rude Carinthian boor Samian wine Saxon sche SECTION semi-vowel sharp mute ship Simon the tanner skewer sword syllable Teetotalism termination Thá thaet Therfore three sounds tree Ui uy verbs vowel waes weather whets his tusks wield wine words are spelt words ending wore write written diphthong yacht
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