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Rh and a noun in the singular causes eclipsis :, he is on the horse; , he came with the man.

The numeral adjectives, , , and (7, 8, 9, and 10), and their compounds, as 27, 28, 29, &c., cause eclipsis: , seven cows; , eight sheep; , twenty-seven men.

The initial consonant of a verb is eclipsed after the particles, not; , whether; , where; , whether … not or that … not; , that; , unless; , if; and after the relative particle when it is preceded by a preposition, or when it means “all that” or “what.” The relative preceded by a preposition does not eclipse if the verb be past tense, except in the case of a very few verbs, which will be given later on: , do you understand? , isn’t he sick? , where is it? , he said that he would come;, the man who has the book.

The Insertion of.

(a) When a word begins with a vowel, the letter is usually prefixed in all those cases in which a con-