1001 Questions and Answers on Orthography and Reading

20. _When is H silent?_ After _g_ or _r_ in the same syllable; and _h_ final after a vowel is always silent; also, in a few words after _t_, and initial in a few words.

Transcriber's Note: Phonetic characters are represented by the following symbols: [xT] = any letter "x" with inferior inverted "T" [=x] = any letter "x" with superior macron [x=...

4. _What does the Macron indicate?_ Over a vowel, its long sound; under e, the sound of a, long; across c, the sound of k; over g, the hard sound; across th, the subvocal sound,...

1. Abaissement. 2. Abductor. 3. Abelmoschus. 4. Aberration. 5. Abies. 6. Ablepsy. 7. Abnormal. 8. Abouchement. 9. Abscess. 10. Abscission. 11. Absinthium. 12. Abstergent. 13. Ab...

200. _What effect do Stimulants have on the voice?_ Irritate and inflame the vocal organs, which results in hoarseness and produces too high a key, which terminates in a squeaki...

5. Had the misguided youth read Ovid less often, and given precedence to Hemans and Ingelow, his fate might have been different. True, he might have hung on a greasy gallows lik...