hem._
J, S, Z, Ch, Sh, Zh, C and G soft.
88. _What are Linguals?_
Those letters whose sounds are modified by the tongue.
89. _Name them._
D, L, N, R, T, Y, and Th.
90. _What are Palatals?_
Those letters whose sounds are modified by the palate.
91. _Name them._
K, Q, X, Ng, C and G hard.
92. _What letters have no Organical classification?_
H, and all the vowels.
93. _What is an Aphthong?_
A silent letter or combination.
94. _How many kinds of Aphthongs?_
Three.
95. _What are they?_
Vowels, Consonants, and Combinations.
96. _What letters are never silent?_
F, J, Q, R, and X.
97. _In what words is V silent?_
Sevennight and twelvemonth.
98. _In what word is Z silent?_
Rendezvous.
99. _What letters are never doubled?_
X and H.
100. _How many words contain all the vowels in regular order?_
Two.
101. _What are they?_
Abstemious and Facetious.
102. _What is a Diphthong?_
Two vowels sounded together in the same syllable.
103. _Name the Diphthongs._
Ou, Ow, Oi, and Oy.
104. _How many sounds do they represent?_
Two.
105. _What are the sounds called?_
Diphthongal sounds.
106. _How many kinds of Diphthongs are there?_
Two.
107. _What are they?_
Separable and Inseparable.
108. _Which ones are Separable?_
Oi and Oy.
109. _What is an Improper Diphthong?_
The union of two vowels in a syllable, one of which is silent.
110. _By what other name are they known?_
Digraph.
111. _How many Digraphs are there?_
Twenty-five.
112. _Name them._
Aa, Ae, Ai, Ao, Au, Aw, Ay, Ea, Ee, Ei, Eo, Eu, Ew, Ey, Ie, Oa,
Oe, Oi, Oo, Ou, Ow, Ua, Ue, Ui, and Uy.
113. _What is a Trigraph?_
A union of three vowels in one syllable, two of which are silent,
or all three representing one sound.
114. _How many Trigraphs are there?_
Eight.
115. _Name them._
Awe, Aye, Eau, Eou, Eye, Ieu, Iew, and Uoi.
116. _What is a Tetragraph?_
Union of four vowels in one syllable.
117. _How many Tetragraphs are there?_
One.
118. _What is it?_
Ueue in the word Queue.
119. _May the terms Digraph, etc., be used with the Consonants?_
They may.
120. _Give example of Consonant Digraph._
Gh, in the word laugh.
121. _Give example of Consonant Trigraph._
Thr, in the word throw.
122. _Give example of Consonant Tetragraph._
Phth, in
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