Excerpt from A Latin Grammar for Schools: Based on the Principles and Requirements of the Grammatical Society Accidence is the part of Grammar which tells how words change their form according to the part which they play in the sentence. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from A Latin Grammar for Schools, Vol. 1: Based on the Principles and Requirements of the Grammatical Society; Accidence, With an Appendix on the Pronunciation of Latin, Revised According to the Recommendations of the Classical Association The Latin alphabet in Cicero's time contained only twenty-three letters, including Y and Z, which were called Greek letters and used only in spelling words borrowed from the Greek: it had no J, no V (as distinct from U), and no W. On the other hand, its I and its U had each two sounds, being used sometimes as vowels, sometimes as consonants. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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