"Diacritical" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... forty-four elementary sounds in the English language. As there are only twenty-six letters in the alphabet some letters represent more than one sound. Certain marks or distinguishing characters used with the letters to indicate the various sounds are called DIACRITICAL MARKS. ...
— Orthography - As Outlined in the State Course of Study for Illinois • Elmer W. Cavins
... objections to diacritical marks, but my serious objection to them is that they ar obstacles ...
— The Unpopular Review, Volume II Number 3 • Various
... compelled a resort to home production in school-book literature, and intensity of feeling upon sectional questions found frequent expression in spelling-books and arithmetics. "Webster's Elementary" was reprinted at Macon, without illustrations and some of the diacritical marks, mutatis mutandis The reader finds the morals of the book and the earlier patriotism unchanged, but remembers its latitude when he reads: "The Senate of the Confederate States is sailed the Upper House of Congress: The President of the ...
— Noah Webster - American Men of Letters • Horace E. Scudder |
