Pollard's Synthetic Method of Reading and Spelling (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1897 Excerpt: ...over when it is followed by que; as, pique, clique: also when followed by gue; as, fatigue. in. When in final is found in an unaccented syllable, mark the i short; as, robin, pippin, Latin, vermin, muffin. Exceptions are found in cousin, raisin, basin. il. When il final is found in an unaccented syllable, mark the i short; as, pupil, stencil, tonsil, peril, vigil, civil. Exceptions are found in evil, devil, weevil, where i is silent. o (short). Mark o short in two and three letter words ending in single consonants, except such as end in r; as, on, hot; exception, oh: also short when followed by two or more consonants, the first of which is not r; as, pond, lock, song, lost, font, toss, scoff, botch, bosh. Exceptions are found where o is followed by n, st, Id and II; ast son, most, cold and roll. 5 (long). In words where a single consonant separates o from e final, mark the e silent and the o long; as, cone, rove, pore. 6= u (short). Exceptions to o short are found in son, ton and won; to O long, 6(3=5. Make OO an equivalent of o long in the words door, floor, brooch. ood. As oo has three different sound when followed by d, pupils must sound before marking such words, and mark in accordance with the sense of what they are reading: oo short, in good, hood, stood; oo long, in food, mood, rood, brood and snood; O0=u short, in blood, flood. o=db. Make o an equivalent of oo long; as, move, prove, lose: also, in you, your, youth, group, croup, rouge, soup, tour, through, and in many similar words of French derivation: thirdly, in the following words;-do, two and shoe. See Note, page 126. Run a line through o to make it an equivalent of wti; as, one, once. A o (circumflex). Place the circumflex over o when it is followed by r; as, or, for, nor, morn, form, etc. Exc...