[19]
Errors in sound on the other hand
can be detected by the ear alone; although in Latin,
as regards the addition or omission of the aspirate,
the question may be raised whether this is an error
when it occurs in writing; for there is some doubt
whether h is a letter or merely a breathing, practice
having frequently varied in different ages.
Quintilian. With an English Translation. Harold Edgeworth Butler. Cambridge. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1920.
The Annenberg CPB/Project provided support for entering this text.
This work is licensed under a
Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 United States License.
An XML version of this text is available for download, with the additional restriction that you offer Perseus any modifications you make. Perseus provides credit for all accepted changes, storing new additions in a versioning system.