McGuffey's Eclectic Spelling-book

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Van Antwerp, Bragg & Company, 1879 - 144 halaman
 

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Halaman 144 - Capital should begin: (1) the first word of every sentence, and of every line of poetry; (2) proper names of persons, places, months, and days; (3) all appellations of the Deity; (4) titles of honor; (5) names of...
Halaman 5 - The letters of the alphabet excluding the five vowels a, e, i, o and u. The consonants are b, c, d, f, g, h, j, k, I, m, n, p, q, r, s, t, v, w, x, y and z.
Halaman 3 - A DIGRAPH, or improper diphthong, is the union of two vowels in a syllable, one of which is silent; as, oa in loaf. 13. A TRIPHTHONG is the union of three vowels in one syllable ; as, eau in beau, ieu in adieu.
Halaman 89 - Monosyllables, and words accented on the last syllable, when they end with a single consonant preceded by a single vowel, double their final consonant before an additional syllable that begins with a vowel : as, rob, robber ; permit, permitt,ng.
Halaman 5 - A mute is a consonant which cannot be sounded at all without a vowel. The mutes are b, d, k, p, q, t, and c and g hard.
Halaman 144 - Palate. ri ng si ng spri ng PUNCTUATION. The period (.) is placed at the end of a statement or a command. The period is also used to mark an abbreviation. The interrogation point (?) is used at the end of a question. The exclamation point (!) is used at the end of an exclamation. It is also used after various single words denoting strong or sudden feeling; as, Alas! Hurrah ! The comma (,), semicolon (;), and colon (:), are used to separate the parts of a sentence. The dash (—) is used to mark a...
Halaman 3 - The Vowels are those letters which can be perfectly sounded without the aid of any other letter. The vowels are a, e, i, o, u, w, and y. The vowel sounds of w and y are the same as those of u and i.
Halaman 6 - A derivative word is one that is formed from some simpler word in the language ; as, harmless, greatly, connected.
Halaman 6 - A Derivative Word is one which is formed from some other word by adding something to it...

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