The compleat English-scholar, in spelling, reading, and writing: containing plain and easie directions for spelling, and reading English, according to the present pronunciation ... And directions for true writing of English, with several copies of the most usual hands engraven in copper. Also examples of the different writing and pronouncing of the same words in the English tongue. Lastly, how to spell words as are alike in sound, but differ in their sence and spelling ... / By E. Young, schoolmaster in London.

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The compleat English-scholar, in spelling, reading, and writing: containing plain and easie directions for spelling, and reading English, according to the present pronunciation ... And directions for true writing of English, with several copies of the most usual hands engraven in copper. Also examples of the different writing and pronouncing of the same words in the English tongue. Lastly, how to spell words as are alike in sound, but differ in their sence and spelling ... / By E. Young, schoolmaster in London.
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Young, E., schoolmaster in London.
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London, :: Printed for Ben. Alsop ...,
1680.
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English language -- Orthography and spelling.
English language -- Phonetics.
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"The compleat English-scholar, in spelling, reading, and writing: containing plain and easie directions for spelling, and reading English, according to the present pronunciation ... And directions for true writing of English, with several copies of the most usual hands engraven in copper. Also examples of the different writing and pronouncing of the same words in the English tongue. Lastly, how to spell words as are alike in sound, but differ in their sence and spelling ... / By E. Young, schoolmaster in London." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A97287.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 18, 2024.

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R R
Ra-ging Raging
rail-ing railing
rai-ment raiment
rain-ed rained
rain-bow rainbow
ran-some ransome
rash-ly rashly
ra-ther rather
ra-vish ravish
read-ing reading
rea-dy ready
reap-ed reaped
rea-sons reasons
re-bel rebel
re-buke rebuke
re-ceive receive
reck-on reckon
re cord record
re-count recount
re-deem redeem
re-fine refine
re-frain refrain
re-fresh refresh
re-fuge refuge
re-fuse refuse
re-gard regard
re-ject reject
reign-ed reigned
re-joice rejoyce
re-lease release
re-lieve relieve
re-ly rely
re-main remain
re-mit remit
rem-nant remnant
re-move remove
ren-der render
re-new renew
re-nounce renounce
re-nown renown
re-nue renue
re-pair repair
re-peat repeat
re-pent repent
re-ply reply
re-port report
re-proach reproach
re-proof reproof
re-quest request
re-quire require
re-quite requite
re-sign resign
re-serve reserve
re-sist resist
re-sort resort
re-solv resolve
re-spect respect
re-store restore
re-strain restrain
re-tain retain
re-tire retire
re-turn return
re-veal reveal
re-venge re-venge
re-vile revile
re-vive revive
re-volt revolt
re-ward reward
rich-es riches
rid-dle riddle
ri-der rider
ri-fle rifle
right-ly rightly
ri-gour rigour
ri-ot riot
ri-ver river
rob-ber robber
ro-man roman
root-ed rooted
ro-vers rovers
rough-ly roughly
roy-al royal
rud-dy ruddy

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ru-in ruin
ru-mour rumour
ru-ler ruler
rush-ing rushing
rus-ty rusty

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