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Hathaway, B. A.

"1001 Questions and Answers on Orthography and Reading"


19. _Is the English a perfect Alphabet?_
It is not.
20. _How many Elementary sounds in the English Language?_
About forty-three.
21. _What is an Imperfect Alphabet?_
One in which the number of sounds exceeds the number of letters.
22. _What is an Equivocal Alphabet?_
An Imperfect one.
23. _What is an Unequivocal Alphabet?_
Same as Perfect.
24. _Is the English Alphabet Equivocal or Unequivocal?_
Equivocal.
25. _What is a Univocal Alphabet?_
One that has a separate character for each elementary sound.
26. _What is an Alphabetic Language?_
A language in which the characters represent separate articulate
sounds.
27. _What is a Phonetic Alphabet?_
One in which there is a separate character for each elementary
sound.
28. _Is there any Phonetic Alphabet of the English Language?_
There have been several published, but they are not in general use.
29. _How many letters in the English Phonetic Alphabet?_
Forty-three.
30. _What is the name of a Letter?_
The appellation by which it is known.


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