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Hathaway, B. A.

"1001 Questions and Answers on Orthography and Reading"

R.I.?_
Holy Roman Empire.
22. _What is the signification of S.J.C.?_
Supreme Judicial Court.
23. _What is the signification of U.S.S.?_
United States Ship.
24. _What does U.K. signify?_
United Kingdom.
25. _What does V.R. signify?_
Queen Victoria.
26. _What does V.G. signify?_
For example.
27. _What does Xt. signify?_
Christ.
28. _What does Xmas. signify?_
Christmas.
29. _What is the signification of Y.B.?_
Year Book.
30. _What is the signification of Zo[:o]l.?_
Zo[:o]logy.
31. _What does Yt. signify?_
That.
32. _What is the signification of S.T.P.?_
Doctor of Divinity.


ACCENT AND PUNCTUATION.

1. _Why is a word divided into syllables?_
For the purpose of showing their proper pronunciation and
etymological composition.
2. _What is Accent?_
A greater stress of voice placed on one syllable of a word than
the others.
3. _What kind of words have no accent?_
Monosyllables.
4. _Why?_
Accent implies comparison, and there can be no comparison with one
syllable.


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