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Title: Illustrated lessons in our language; or, How to speak and write correctly. Designed to teach English grammar, without its technicalities
Year: 1876 (1870s)
Authors: Quackenbos, G. P. (George Payn), 1826-1881
Subjects: English language
Publisher: New York, D. Appleton and company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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lses of the voice; as, Hatter, hat-ter (two syllables). Policeman, po-lice-man (three syllables). Dispensary, dis-pen-sa-ry (four syllables). Constantinople, con-stan-ti-no-ple (five syllables). EXERCISE. Give the different sounds ofa, as found in the words can, cane,care, call, what. Give the sound of e in he, hen, her: of i in pin,pine, pique, fir: of o, in no, not, nor, one: of u, in us, use, fur. Give the sound of til in both; in this. Give the sound of sin this; in is. Give the name and the power of the letter f; of 1.Spell the word race; give the three sounds that compose it. Analyzeorange into its simple sounds. Analyze the following words, first into syllables ; then into let-ters .-—Dromedary; sunset; lunatic; cranberry; watermelon; Afri-ca; incomprehensible; denominator. ## LESSON XII. Every thing that we can see, or hear, or touch, ortaste, or think of, has a Name. Name some things that you see. Name some thingsthat you think of. Name some things in the picture. NAMES. 17
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A boy and a girl are skating hand in hand.James and Ruth are skating hand in hand. A boy and a girl are riding on their sleds.John and Mary are riding on their sleds. A boy and a girl are sliding on the iee.Henry and Ida are sliding on the iee. something. First we say each time a hoy and a girl are doingWe give them the same names—that is, Com-mon Names—names common to all things of the sameclass. But we do not tell which boy and girl are skating,which are riding, or which are sliding. But, if we say James and Ruth are skating, we givethe boy and girl their Proper Names, which distinguishthem from other boys and girls. Then we tell whichboy and girl are skating—that is, James and Ruth—notJohn and Mary, or Henry and Ida. 18 NOUNS, COMMON AND PROPER. Names are often called Nouns. Are boy and girl proper or common nouns ? John and Mary ? Henryand Ida ? Man and woman ? Mr. Smith and Queen Elizabeth ? Look at the picture, near the tree: call the two persons standing thereby common

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