Joseph Emerson Worcester
Published: 2017-12-20
Total Pages: 394
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Excerpt from A Primary Dictionary of the English Language The peculiar sound of the letter a, which is indicated by this mark (a), is never heard except when it precedes the let-terr; and it is the sound which we constantly hear in the words care, fair, share, differing plainly from the long slender sound of a in fate, pain. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.