1001 Questions and Answers on Orthography and Reading by B. A. Hathaway
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28. _What is a word of three syllables called?_ A trisyllable. 29. _What is a word of more than three syllables called?_ A polysyllable. 30. _What is the Ultimate syllable of a word?_ The last syllable. 31. _What is the Penultimate syllable?_ Next to the last syllable in a word. 32. _What is the Antepenultimate syllable?_ The last syllable but two in a word. 33. _What is the Preantepenultimate syllable?_ The last syllable but three in a word. 34. _What other way may the syllables be described?_ In their numerical order; as, first, second, etc. 35. _How many syllables can a word have?_ As many as it has vowels or diphthongs sounded. 36. _How many words in the English language?_ About one hundred and twenty thousand. 37. _How are words divided in reference to form?_ Into simple and compound. |
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