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A Grammar of the English Tongue
Samuel Johnson
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The Saxons used often to put h before it, as before l at the beginning of words.
Rh is used in words derived from the Greek, as myrrh, myrrhine, catarrhous, rheum, rheumatick, rhyme.
Re, at the end of some words derived from the Latin or French, is pronounced like a weak er, as theatre, sepulchre.
S.S has a hissing sound, as sibilation, sister.
A single s seldom ends any word, except in the third person of verbs, as loves, grows; and the plurals of nouns, as trees, bushes, distresses; the pronouns this, his, ours, yours, us; the adverb thus; and words derived from Latin, as rebus, surplus; the close being always either in se, as house, horse, or in ss, as grass, dress, bliss, less, anciently grasse, dresse.
S, single at the end of words, has a grosser sound, like that of z, as trees, eyes, exce. . . Read More
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Grammar, defined as the art of using words properly, comprises four parts:
*Orthography, or the conventional spelling system of a language; the forms & sounds of letters
*Etymology, or the
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