Kimball's Business Speller: Designed for Use in Commercial Schools, Academies, Normal Schools, High Schools & the Higher Grades of the Common SchoolsBobbs-Merrill Company, 1905 - 141 pages |
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Page ix
... refer , referred , referring ; begin , beginning . 2. Words ending in final silent e , except ce or ge , drop the final e when suffixes are added beginning with a vowel ; as , hope , hoping ; debate , debating ; write , writing . 3 ...
... refer , referred , referring ; begin , beginning . 2. Words ending in final silent e , except ce or ge , drop the final e when suffixes are added beginning with a vowel ; as , hope , hoping ; debate , debating ; write , writing . 3 ...
Page x
... refer to a particular denomination , or when it means a house of worship , it should begin with a small letter . 7. Names of political parties should begin with a capital . 8. Names of associations , fraternities , societies , etc ...
... refer to a particular denomination , or when it means a house of worship , it should begin with a small letter . 7. Names of political parties should begin with a capital . 8. Names of associations , fraternities , societies , etc ...
Page xi
... refer to Deity should begin with a capital if there is any possible dan- ger of a misunderstanding of their reference , but not otherwise . 14. All personified words should begin with capitals . 15. The pronoun I and the interjection O ...
... refer to Deity should begin with a capital if there is any possible dan- ger of a misunderstanding of their reference , but not otherwise . 14. All personified words should begin with capitals . 15. The pronoun I and the interjection O ...
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... referring to spokes crossing connecting the hub and the rim of a LESSON 15 REVIEW Illustrate the use of the following words in sentences : LESSON 16 MISCELLANEOUS a mē ' nå ble , responsible ; liable to cop ' y ist , one who copies . in ...
... referring to spokes crossing connecting the hub and the rim of a LESSON 15 REVIEW Illustrate the use of the following words in sentences : LESSON 16 MISCELLANEOUS a mē ' nå ble , responsible ; liable to cop ' y ist , one who copies . in ...
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... refer , reference ; equal , equality : prefer , preferable . Illustrate the use of the following words in sentences : annul acquitting bimetallism bounteous duteous plenteous conference preferable delicacy fashion martyr rudiment ...
... refer , reference ; equal , equality : prefer , preferable . Illustrate the use of the following words in sentences : annul acquitting bimetallism bounteous duteous plenteous conference preferable delicacy fashion martyr rudiment ...
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Common terms and phrases
å ble abbreviations advertisement ançe ANTONYMS āte begin bill bookkeeper business letter capital cents cial cious comma complimentary close Consult your dictionary copy correspondence Dear Sir DICTATION EXERCISE Consult dollars enclose envelope express favor firm Free on board give Homophonous horse hyphen instrument Java Coffee kind LESSON măn Marshall & Hammond Mass matter ment Merrill MISCELLANEOUS money order ness opposite in meaning pair is opposite paper pär pěn person pertaining pōrt post-office postal cards printed received RULE salutation second word sent sentence ship sion stenographer syllable SYNONYMS AND ANTONYMS Syracuse things tion tism tive trăns truly ture usually vessel write written York
Popular passages
Page 154 - Why should there not be a patient confidence in the ultimate justice of the people? Is there any better or equal hope in the world?
Page 143 - He gained from heaven ('twas all he wished) a friend. No farther seek his merits to disclose, Or draw his frailties from their dread abode, (There they alike in trembling hope repose) The bosom of his father and his God.
Page 141 - Our country! In her intercourse with foreign nations may she always be in the right; but our country, right or wrong.
Page 45 - An indictment is a written accusation of one or more persons of a crime or misdemeanor, preferred to, and presented upon oath by, a grand jury.
Page ix - Words of one syllable or words accented on the last syllable, ending in a single consonant preceded by a single vowel, double the final consonant when adding a suffix beginning with a vowel.
Page 70 - The sublime and the ridiculous are often so nearly related that it is difficult to class them separately. One step above the sublime makes the ridiculous, and one step above the ridiculous makes the sublime again...
Page 154 - The people themselves can do this also if they choose, but the Executive as such has nothing to do with it. His duty is to administer the present Government as it came to his hands and to transmit it unimpaired by him to his successor.
Page 75 - Lands intersected by a narrow frith Abhor each other. Mountains interposed Make enemies of nations, who had else, Like kindred drops, been mingled into one.
Page 112 - tis the mind that makes the body rich ; And as the sun breaks through the darkest clouds, So honour peereth in the meanest habit. What, is the jay more precious than the lark, Because his feathers are more beautiful ? Or is the adder better than the eel, Because his painted skin contents the eye ? O, no, good Kate ; neither art thou the worse For this poor furniture, and mean array.
Page 6 - The first contains the name of the person or firm to whom the letter is written; the second, the street and number; the third, the town or city and state.