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The Kelt or Gael. 37
other moods of this verb, or to go through the
various voices of any verbs. Whoever wishes to
study the language can easily get a full grammar
of it.
By compounding pronouns and prepositions a
very numerous class of words is formed, which
look apparently like roots, but a careful student
will soon learn to analyse them.
This little outline is equally applicable to the
Scotch and Manx dialects as to the Irish. Their
roots, construction, and grammar agree. They
differ slightly in spelling, as some writers do, and
all writers did, especially before the invention of
printing and the great multiplication of books
enabled educated persons to gradually establish a
standard. They differ considerably in pronuncia-
tion, as I have already explained.