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`
` ECLECTIC EDUCATIONAL SERIES. `
` `
` McGUFFEY'S [Registered] `
` `
` ECLECTIC SPELLING BOOK. `
` `
` REVISED EDITION. `
` `
` `
` `
` McGuffey Editions and Colophon are Trademarks of `
` `
` John Wiley & Sons, Inc. `
` `
` NEW YORK-CHICHESTER-WEINHEIM-BRISBANE-SINGAPORE-TORONTO `
` `
` PREFACE. `
` In revising this book, care has been taken to preserve all the excellences `
` that have so long and so favorably distinguished McGUFFEY'S ECLECTIC `
` SPELLING-BOOK: and the chief changes that have been made, have been `
` suggested by the evident plan of the original work. `
` `
` The old system of indicating the pronunciation by numerals, called `
` "superiors," has been abandoned, and the diacritical marks used by Webster `
` have been adopted. The Revised Speller conforms in orthography, `
` pronunciation, and syllabication to the latest edition of Webster's `
` Unabridged Dictionary. Exercises have been given on each of the `
` distinctive marks used in the book, as will be seen by reference to `
` Lessons 36-57. `
` `
` A number of lessons have been added in the department of prefixes and `
` suffixes, and now nearly all the more common of these etymological `
` principles have been explained. (See Lessons 136-167.) In arranging the `
` text of the several lessons, the object has been not to appeal merely to `
` arbitrary memory, but to associate each lesson with some principle of `
` sound, meaning, or accent, which would tend to aid the pupil in acquiring `
` a knowledge of our language. Several distinct lessons on pronunciation are `
` given, and towards the close of the book numerous lessons of difficult `
` words in orthography have been introduced. `
` `
` Instead of indicating silent letters by italics, as has hitherto been `
` done, a new type has been made in which such letters are canceled, thus `
` enabling the pupil to discover their status at a glance. `
` `
` The pages have been enlivened, as in the other books of this Series, by `
` attractive engravings. `
` `
` The publishers take pleasure in acknowledging the valuable services of `
` W. B. Watkins, D. D., who planned and executed this revision. `
` DECEMBER, 1879. `
` `
` 16 `
` `
` Copyright, 1879, by Van Antwerp, Bragg & Co. `
` `
` `
` `
` THE ENGLISH ALPHABET. `
` `
` The English Alphabet consists of twenty-six letters, viz.: `
` 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. `
` `
` Letters are divided into VOWELS and CONSONANTS. `
` `
` 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. A, e, and o `
` are always vowels. I, u, w, and y are sometimes consonants. `
` `
` A Diphthong is the union of two vowels in one sound. When both vowels are `
` sounded, the diphthong is called PROPER, because then it is really a `
` DIPHTHONG, or double sound; that is, the sounds of the vowels unite; as, `
` oi in oil; ou in sound. `
` `
` When only one of the vowels is sounded, the diphthong is called IMPROPER, `
` because then, as one of the vowels is silent, it is not properly a `
` DIPHTHONG, though it takes that name; as, oa in boat, ui in suit, where a `
` and i are silent. `
` `
` The following diphthongs are in common use, viz.: oi, oy, ou, ow, ae, ai, `
` au, aw, ay, ea, ei, eo, eu, ew, ey, ia, ie, oa, oe, ua, ue, ui; as in `
` toil, boy, round, plow, seal, coal, head, sail, say, aught, yeoman. Of `
` these, oi, oy, ou, and ow are generally proper diphthongs; though `
` sometimes ou and ow are improper, as in famous, where o is silent, and in `
` slow, where w is silent. `
` `
` A Triphthong is the union of three vowels in one syllable; as, eau in `
` beau, iew in view. The triphthong is properly a union of letters, not `
` sounds. `
` `
` `
` `
` OF THE VARIOUS SOUNDS. `
` `
` All the vowels, and some of the consonants, have several sounds; in this `
` book these sounds are indicated by diacritical marks, as in the following `
` tables: `
` `
` `
` `
` TABLE OF VOCALS. `
` Long Sounds. `
` `
` Sound 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 `
`
` ECLECTIC EDUCATIONAL SERIES. `
` `
` McGUFFEY'S [Registered] `
` `
` ECLECTIC SPELLING BOOK. `
` `
` REVISED EDITION. `
` `
` `
` `
` McGuffey Editions and Colophon are Trademarks of `
` `
` John Wiley & Sons, Inc. `
` `
` NEW YORK-CHICHESTER-WEINHEIM-BRISBANE-SINGAPORE-TORONTO `
` `
` PREFACE. `
` In revising this book, care has been taken to preserve all the excellences `
` that have so long and so favorably distinguished McGUFFEY'S ECLECTIC `
` SPELLING-BOOK: and the chief changes that have been made, have been `
` suggested by the evident plan of the original work. `
` `
` The old system of indicating the pronunciation by numerals, called `
` "superiors," has been abandoned, and the diacritical marks used by Webster `
` have been adopted. The Revised Speller conforms in orthography, `
` pronunciation, and syllabication to the latest edition of Webster's `
` Unabridged Dictionary. Exercises have been given on each of the `
` distinctive marks used in the book, as will be seen by reference to `
` Lessons 36-57. `
` `
` A number of lessons have been added in the department of prefixes and `
` suffixes, and now nearly all the more common of these etymological `
` principles have been explained. (See Lessons 136-167.) In arranging the `
` text of the several lessons, the object has been not to appeal merely to `
` arbitrary memory, but to associate each lesson with some principle of `
` sound, meaning, or accent, which would tend to aid the pupil in acquiring `
` a knowledge of our language. Several distinct lessons on pronunciation are `
` given, and towards the close of the book numerous lessons of difficult `
` words in orthography have been introduced. `
` `
` Instead of indicating silent letters by italics, as has hitherto been `
` done, a new type has been made in which such letters are canceled, thus `
` enabling the pupil to discover their status at a glance. `
` `
` The pages have been enlivened, as in the other books of this Series, by `
` attractive engravings. `
` `
` The publishers take pleasure in acknowledging the valuable services of `
` W. B. Watkins, D. D., who planned and executed this revision. `
` DECEMBER, 1879. `
` `
` 16 `
` `
` Copyright, 1879, by Van Antwerp, Bragg & Co. `
` `
` `
` `
` THE ENGLISH ALPHABET. `
` `
` The English Alphabet consists of twenty-six letters, viz.: `
` 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. `
` `
` Letters are divided into VOWELS and CONSONANTS. `
` `
` 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. A, e, and o `
` are always vowels. I, u, w, and y are sometimes consonants. `
` `
` A Diphthong is the union of two vowels in one sound. When both vowels are `
` sounded, the diphthong is called PROPER, because then it is really a `
` DIPHTHONG, or double sound; that is, the sounds of the vowels unite; as, `
` oi in oil; ou in sound. `
` `
` When only one of the vowels is sounded, the diphthong is called IMPROPER, `
` because then, as one of the vowels is silent, it is not properly a `
` DIPHTHONG, though it takes that name; as, oa in boat, ui in suit, where a `
` and i are silent. `
` `
` The following diphthongs are in common use, viz.: oi, oy, ou, ow, ae, ai, `
` au, aw, ay, ea, ei, eo, eu, ew, ey, ia, ie, oa, oe, ua, ue, ui; as in `
` toil, boy, round, plow, seal, coal, head, sail, say, aught, yeoman. Of `
` these, oi, oy, ou, and ow are generally proper diphthongs; though `
` sometimes ou and ow are improper, as in famous, where o is silent, and in `
` slow, where w is silent. `
` `
` A Triphthong is the union of three vowels in one syllable; as, eau in `
` beau, iew in view. The triphthong is properly a union of letters, not `
` sounds. `
` `
` `
` `
` OF THE VARIOUS SOUNDS. `
` `
` All the vowels, and some of the consonants, have several sounds; in this `
` book these sounds are indicated by diacritical marks, as in the following `
` tables: `
` `
` `
` `
` TABLE OF VOCALS. `
` Long Sounds. `
` `
` Sound 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 `
`