 Words of one syllable, and words of more than one syllable with the accent on the last syllable, ending in a single consonant preceded by a single vowel, double the final consonant before a suffix beginning with a vowel...  Learn to Spell: A High-school Book - Pàgina 7per Leonidas Warren Payne - 1916 - 144 pàginesVisualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | Robert Joseph Sullivan - 1869 - 316 pàgines
...employ, accompany, victory. II. Monosyllables and words accented on the last syllable, ending with a single consonant preceded by a single vowel, double the final consonant when they take an additional syllable beginning with a vowel.2 This rule is exemplified by the formation... | |
 | Charles Hartley - 1871 - 90 pàgines
...hnmor-ous ; odottr, odor-ous; rancour, rancor-ous ; rigoar, rigor-ous ; valour, valor-ous. 12. Words of one syllable ending in a single consonant preceded by a single vowel, double the consonant before a vowel augment; as, Boy, boy-^yj fog, foff-yy ; gum, gn.m-my ; mud, mud-dy ; kaot,... | |
 | George Cary Eggleston - 1872 - 172 pàgines
...found of practical value to anybody. One of these is that monosyllables and words accented on the last syllable, ending in a single consonant, preceded by...a single vowel, double the final consonant before an addition beginning with a vowel. It is a long rule, covering a very short list of words. It may... | |
 | William Lennie - 1872 - 248 pàgines
...Past, prayed. Part, praying. RULE III. Verbs acfented on the last syllable, and verbs of one syUable, ending in a single consonant preceded by a single vowel, double the final consonant before the terminations est, eth, ed, ing ; bid never before s : Thus, Allot, allottest, allots, allotteth,... | |
 | James Robert Boyd - 1874 - 420 pàgines
...RULE I.—Monosyllables—and words of more than one syllable accented on the last syllable—ending in a single consonant preceded by a single vowel, double the final consonant on receiving a new syllable beginning with a vowel; but z and k are not doubled. Examples—begin,... | |
 | Henry Major - 1875 - 272 pàgines
...it is not generally changed, as boy, boyish ; quiet, quiet-ed ; play, play-ful. VI. — Words of one syllable ending in a single consonant, preceded by a single vowel, double that consonant before a vowel, as fog, f og-gy ; mud, mud-dy; dig, dig-ging ; swim, swim-ming ; chop,... | |
 | James Stormonth - 1876 - 194 pàgines
...ENDING IN A SINGLE CONSONANT IT.ECEDED BY A SINGLE TOWEL. Monosyllables, and Words accented on the last syllable, ending in a single consonant preceded by a single vowel, double the final consonant on receiving a postfix beginning with a vowel : thusbid, bidden, bidding, biddest. beg, beggar, begging,... | |
 | Edward D. Farrell - 1877 - 228 pàgines
...par terre' i 1 com pare' . for bear' 12. Rule III. — Monosyllables and words accented on the last syllable, ending in a single consonant preceded by a single vowel, double the final letter on the addition of a syllable beginning icith a vowel. scanned re mit' tance a bet' tor ab hor'... | |
 | Thomas Wadleigh Harvey - 1878 - 178 pàgines
...suffix ing; as, hie, hying; die, dying; lie, lying. RULE II. — Monosyllables and accented syllables, ending in a single consonant preceded by a single...consonant before a suffix beginning with a vowel; eg, bag, baggage; clan, clannish. Gaseous is an exception. Though the last syllable of a verb may be... | |
 | A. M. Trotter - 1878 - 160 pàgines
...the y is changed into 1 before er and est ; as, happy, happier, happiest. Obs. 3. Adjectives of one syllable, ending in a single consonant preceded by a single vowel, double the final consonant before -er and -eat ; as, hot, hotter, hottest. Obs. 4. Adjectives of two or more syllables are generally... | |
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