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Title: Orthography
As Outlined in the State Course of Study for Illinois

Author: Elmer W. Cavins

Release Date: November 7, 2007 [EBook #23395]

Language: English

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ORTHOGRAPHY
AS OUTLINED IN THE
STATE COURSE OF STUDY FOR ILLINOIS.

SEVENTH AND EIGHTH YEARS.

BY ELMER W. CAVINS,
TEACHER OF ORTHOGRAPHY IN ILLINOIS STATE NORMAL UNIVERSITY.

INTRODUCTION BY DR. EDWIN C. HEWETT.

SECOND EDITION--JANUARY, 1906.

_PUBLISHED BY C. M. PARKER,
TAYLORVILLE, ILLINOIS._

Copyright, 1904, by C. M. Parker.

PREFACE.

This book is prepared for teachers and pupils who use the Illinois
State Course of Study. The outline in Orthography for the Seventh and
Eighth Years is the basis of all that is included herein. Three fifths
or more of this work is word analysis which, valuable as it is,
teachers as a rule are unable to teach without the aid of a text,
never having learned much of it themselves. What, for example, can the
average teacher unaided do toward writing a list of words to be
analyzed which contain the root _ann_, meaning year? He might turn in
the dictionary to _annual_, _anniversary_, and _annuity_, but he must
fall back on his acquired knowledge for such as, _biennial_,
_centennial_, _millennium_, _perennial_, and _superannuate_. And
having the list, very many teachers, as well as pupils, need help in
the analysis.

The aim of this book has been to set down in an orderly and convenient
form such facts as are needed by those who follow the State Course of
Study.

Emphasis has been placed upon word analysis. The author believes that
this has more value in education than is generally attributed to it.