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When a question of orthography is dubious, that practice has, in my opinion, a
claim to preference which preserves the greatest number of radical letters, or
seems most to comply with the general custom of our language. But the chief rule
...
When a question of orthography is dubious, that practice has, in my opinion, a
claim to preference which preserves the greatest number of radical letters, or
seems most to comply with the general custom of our language. But the chief rule
...
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Closely connected with orthography is pronunciation, the stability of which is of
great importance to the duration of a language, because the first change will
naturally begin by corruptions in the living speech. The want of certain rules for
the ...
Closely connected with orthography is pronunciation, the stability of which is of
great importance to the duration of a language, because the first change will
naturally begin by corruptions in the living speech. The want of certain rules for
the ...
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Such defects are not errours in orthography, but spots of barbarity impressed so
deep in the English language, that criticism can never wash them away : these,
therefore, must be permitted to remain untouched ; but many words have likewise
...
Such defects are not errours in orthography, but spots of barbarity impressed so
deep in the English language, that criticism can never wash them away : these,
therefore, must be permitted to remain untouched ; but many words have likewise
...
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In settling the orthography, I have not wholly neglected the pronunciation, which I
have directed, by printing an accent upon the acute or elevated syllable. It will
sometimes be found that the accent is placed by the author quoted, on a different
...
In settling the orthography, I have not wholly neglected the pronunciation, which I
have directed, by printing an accent upon the acute or elevated syllable. It will
sometimes be found that the accent is placed by the author quoted, on a different
...
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Thus have I laboured by settling the orthography, displaying the analogy,
regulating the structures, and ascertaining the signification of English words, to
perforin all the parts of a faithful lexicographer : but I have not always executed
my own ...
Thus have I laboured by settling the orthography, displaying the analogy,
regulating the structures, and ascertaining the signification of English words, to
perforin all the parts of a faithful lexicographer : but I have not always executed
my own ...
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| Título | The works of Samuel Johnson, Volumen 10 The Works of Samuel Johnson, Samuel Johnson |
| Autores | Samuel Johnson, Alexander Chalmers, Arthur Murphy |
| Editor | F.C. and J. Rivington, 1823 |
| Procedencia del original | University of Minnesota |
| Digitalizado | 4 Feb 2010 |
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