Excerpt from Elements of Orthoepy: Containing a Distinct View of the Whole Analogy of the English Language; So Far as It Relates to Pronunciation, Accent, and Quantity
Redundance might alfo be confidcred as a fault in literal notation but it is not attended with any ih convenience, whnle it is kept within due bounds, and thefe it will not often exceed, as men are not ufed to invent without occafion. That I and fhould repro fent the fame found, is not inconvenient butithat c and t fhould ever depart from their own powers to afl'ume that of r, is a grofs imperfeéhon. The dif tinétion of fmall and capital letters, reprefenting the fame founds, is fo far from being a faulty redundance, that it is almofl an indifpenfable requifite.
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