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as is ----- ----- a ate a care a arm a last a all oo fool
e eve e err i ice o ode u use

Short Sounds.
Sound as is ----- ----- a am e elm i in o odd u up oo look

Diphthongs.
oi,oy,as in oil, boy ou,ow, as in out, owl

TABLE OF SUBVOCALS Sound as is ----- ----- b bib d did g gig j jug
n nine m maim ng hang l lull
v valve th this z zinc zh azure r rare w we y yet

TABLE OF ASPIRATES Sound as is ----- ----- f fife h him k cake p
pipe s same
t tart sh she ch chat th thick wh why
NOTE.--The foregoing forty-four sounds are those most employed in
the English language. Some of these sounds are represented by other
letters, as shown in the following table. For further instruction
concerning the sounds, see Lessons 36-57.

TABLE OF SUBSTITUTES. Sound for as in ----- --- ----- a o what e a
there e a feint i e police i e sir o u son o oo to o oo wolf o a fork o e
work u oo full u e burn u oo rude y i fly
y i myth c k can c s cite ch sh chaise ch k chaos g j gem n ng ink s z as
s sh sure x gz exact gh f laugh ph f phlox qu k pique[1] qu kw quit
[Footnote 1: The u is canceled in this book when qu is sounded like k.]
W, in its vowel sounds, corresponds with u; an in new (pro. nu).
A has, in a few words, the sound of e; as in any (pro. en'ny).
U has, in a few words, the sound of e; as in bury (pro. ber'ry); or that of
i, as in busy (pro. biz'y).

OF THE CONSONANTS.
The Consonants are those letters which can not be perfectly sounded
without the aid of a vowel. The consonants are b, c, d, f, g, h, l, k, l, m,
n, p, q, r, s, t, v, x, z, and sometimes i, u, w, and y. The consonants are
divided into MUTES and SEMI-VOWELS.
The Mutes are those consonants that admit of no sound without the aid
of a vowel. They are b, d, k, p, q, t, and c and g hard.
The Semi-vowels are those consonants that can be sounded imperfectly
by themselves. They are f, h, j, l, m, n, r, s, v, x, z, and c and g soft.
Four of the semi-vowels are called LIQUIDS; viz., l, m, n, and r. They
are called liquids because they unite so readily with other sounds, or
flow into them.

OF SYLLABLES AND WORDS.
A Syllable is a sound, or a combination of sounds, uttered by a single
impulse of the voice: it may have one or more letters; as a, bad,
bad-ness.
A Word is either a syllable or a combination of syllables; as, not,
notion.
A word of one syllable is called a Monosyllable; as, man.
A word of two syllables is called a Dissyllable; as, manly.
A word of three syllables is called a Trisyllable; as, manliness. Words
of more than three syllables are called Polysyllables.
Accent is a stress of voice placed upon some one syllable more than the
others. Every word composed of two or more syllables has one of them
accented. This accent is denoted by a mark (') at the end of the accented
syllable; as, mid'night, a ban'don.
A Primitive Word is one which is not derived from any other word; as,
man, great, full.
A Derivative Word is one which is formed from some other word by
adding something to it; as, manful, greatness, fully.
A Simple Word is one which is not composed of more than one word;
as, kind, man, stand, ink.
A Compound Word is one that is composed of two or more simple
words; as, ink-stand, wind-mill.
Spelling is naming or writing the letters of a word.

Script Alphabet [Illustration: The following letter are shown in an ideal
hand-written script.]
CAPITAL LETTERS. A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U
V W X Y Z
LOWER-CASE LETTERS. a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x
y z
THE ALPHABET. A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W
X Y Z
THE ALPHABET. a b c d e f g h i j k l m n