A guide to the English tongue : In two parts. The First, proper for Beginners, shewing a natural and easy Method, to pronounce and express both common Words, and proper Names; in which particular Care is had to shew the Accent, for preventing vicious Pronunciation. The Second, for such as are advanced to some Ripeness of Judgment, containing Observations on the Sounds of Letters and Diphthongs: Rules for the true Division of Syllables, and the Use of Capitals, Stops, and Marks: With large Tables of Abbreviations, and Distinctions of Words; and several Alphabets of Copies for young Writers. To which is now added an appendix, containing many additional lessons, in Prose and Verse: First, in Words of one Syllable only; and then mixed with Words of two, three, four, five, six, and seven Syllables. By T. Dyche, Schoolmaster, at Stratford Bow.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dyche, Thomas, d. ca. 1733.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Spellers.

English language--Composition and exercises.

English language.

Physical Description:

1 online resource ([8], 148p. ) ill., port. ;

Edition:

The sixty-fifth edition, corrected.

Other Title:

Guide to the English tongue.

Place of Publication:

London : [s.n.], Printed in the Year MDCCLXXXVIII. [1788]

Notes:

Second part has drop-head title; pagination and register are continuous.

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, T231575.

OCLC:

642553267