1001 Questions and Answers on Orthography and Reading by B. A. Hathaway
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35. _How many words end in Ceed?_
Three. 36. _What are they?_ Exceed, proceed, and succeed. 37. _How many of the English words are derived from the Latin?_ About, three-fourths. 38. _What Language is called "Our mother tongue?"_ Anglo-Saxon. 39. _From what language do we get most of our Scientific terms?_ The Greek. 40. _How many English words begin with_ IN _as a prefix?_ Two hundred and fifty. 41. _How many begin with im?_ Seventy-five. 42. _How many begin with un?_ About two thousand. 43. _Were final E not silent, what would be the result?_ Another syllable would be formed. 44. _When is final E dropped in spelling?_ Before vowel terminations mostly. |
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