The New Era Word BookEaton and Company, 1907 - 126 pàgines |
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abash ABBREVIATIONS able to spell aboriginal acquaint adapt adjourn admirable admission agitate allege AMENDED SPELLINGS amphibious annoy apricot arrogance assertion attorney begon berry botch cameo captivate carousal celebrate choler clove collecting of words commandant commode consonant contiguity contribution covey D.-Doctor demagogue denomination dictionary distribute diverse Drop silent Dubl dunce eject evanescence EVANSTON exaltation extempore final consonant folio fonetically useless fricassee garrulity gesticulate gormand hearse Hogsheads homonym humor hyphen illegal indolence inflect install insure intrench Island jangle lament lath leopard lesson LIST OF AMENDED list of words locomotion logical moccasin muscle noon Nouns ending oblate octagon ordinary reading outrage oxidate pantry pastor pedagogue phonic plural preceded pronunciation pupils rapacity refulgent RULES OF SPELLING rustle scuffle second grades SIMPLE RULES single vowel sound Speller stolid suffix syllable synagogue synonym tough usually retain venom verbose vocabulary vowel WORD BOOK Words accented Words ending zinc
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Pàgina 119 - RI — Rhode Island. SC — South Carolina. S. Dak. — South Dakota. Tenn. — Tennessee. Tex. — Texas.
Pàgina 72 - In monosyllables and words accented on the last syllable, a final consonant after a single vowel doubles before a suffix beginning with a vowel; as, hot, hotter; begin, beginning.
Pàgina 119 - Kan. (Kansas) Ky. (Kentucky) La. (Louisiana) Mass. (Massachusetts) Md. (Maryland) Me. (Maine) Mich. (Michigan) Minn. (Minnesota) Miss. (Mississippi) Mo. (Missouri) Mont. (Montana) NC (North Carolina) ND (North Dakota) Neb.
Pàgina 72 - Words accented on the first syllable, ending with a single consonant preceded by a single vowel, do not double the final consonant before a suffix: as rival, rivaled; vigor, vigorous ; benefit, benefited.
Pàgina 119 - NC— North Carolina. N. Dak.— North Dakota. Neb. — Nebraska. Nev. — Nevada. NH — New Hampshire. NJ — New Jersey. N. Мех. — New Mexico. NY— New York.
Pàgina 119 - Rico RI Rhode Island SC South Carolina S. Dak. South Dakota Tenn. Tennessee Tex. Texas Vt. Vermont Va. Virginia Wash. Washington W. Va. West Virginia Wis. Wisconsin Wyo. Wyoming Alaska, Guam, Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa, Ohio, Samoa, and Utah are not abbreviated.
Pàgina 72 - Most words ending in silent e drop the e before a suffix beginning with a vowel; as, move, moving; change, changing; notice, noticing; love, lovable; insure, insurance.
Pàgina 54 - The plural of nouns is generally formed by adding -s...
Pàgina 124 - Drop silent u after g before a, and in nativ English words, and drop final ue: guard, guess, catalogue, league, etc. 6. Dubl consonants may be simplified when fonetically useless: bailiff (not hall, etc.), battle (batl), -written (writn), traveller, etc.
Pàgina 125 - Change to k in ache (akej, anchor (anker). 15. d. Change d and ed final to t when so pronounced, as in crossed, (crost), looked (lookt), etc., unless the e affects the preceding sound, as in chased, chanced. 16. g. Drop g in feign, foreign, sovereign. 17. gh. Drop h in aghast, burgh, ghost. Drop gh in haughty, though (tho), through (thru).