...Letters were a later invention. V • ENGLISH GRAMMAR § 2. ALPHABET. (Division ofletters.) Nora— The word " Alphabet" is derived from alpha, beta, the names of the two first letters of the Greek Alphabet. The term has reference only to the arrangement of the letters...

...twenty-six letters, which are usually divided into two classes, called vowels and consonants. NOTE. — The word " Alphabet "is derived from alpha, beta,...names of the first two letters of the Greek Alphabet. The term has reference only to the arrangement of the letters ; as, A, B, &c. VO\VELS. 9. Those letters...

...twenty-six letters, which are usually divided into two classes, called Towels and consonants. NOTE. — The word " Alphabet" is derived from alpha, beta,...names of the first two letters of the Greek Alphabet. The term has reference only to the arrangement of the letters ; as, A, B, &o. VOWELS. 9. Those letters...

...signs employed to represent sounds. The collection of letters is called the Alphabet ; from Alpha and Beta, the names of the first two letters of the Greek alphabet. The alphabet has grown out of the old pictorial mode of writing. The earliest written signs denoted...

...signs employed to represent sounds. The collection of letters is called the Alphabet ; from Alpha and Beta, the names of the first two letters of the Greek alphabet. The alphabet has grown out of the old pictorial mode of writing. The earliest written signs denoted...

...to the eye by marks or symbols called letters, the whole collection of which is called the Alphabet (from alpha, beta, the names of the first two letters of the Greek Alphabet). The right mode of uttering the sounds that make up a word is called Orthoepy (from the Greek ortlws,...

...to the eye by marks or symbols called letters, the whole collection of which is called the Alphabet (from alpha, beta, the names of the first two letters of the Greek Alphabet). The right mode of uttering the sounds that make up a word is called Orthoepy (from the Greek ort!ios,...

...twenty-six letters, which make up the A, B, C, or Alphabet. The Alphabet is so named from Alpha and Beta, the names of the first two letters of the Greek alphabet. 2. They are written both as small letters and as capitals. Most of the letters used in English are...

...marks or symbols called letters (Latin litera), the whole collection of which is called the Alphabet (from alpha, beta, the names of the first two letters of the Greek Alphabet). The right mode of uttering the sounds that make up a word is called Orthoepy (from the Greek orthos,...

...language. 8. Words (Lat., verba). Words are significant combinations of elementary sounds 4. Alphabet (Or., alpha, beta, the names of the first two letters of the Greek alphabet). ATI alphabet is a collection of letters. 5. Orthoepy (Gr., orthos, "right," epos, "spoken word ")....