Manual, Analytical and Synthetical, of Orthography and DefinitionMark H. Newman & Company, 1846 - 215 pàgines |
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Manual, Analytical and Synthetical, of Orthography and Definition James Napoleon McElligott Visualització completa - 1846 |
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Pàgina 14 - III. The final consonant of any word accented on the last syllable, if preceded by a single vowel, is doubled before a suffix beginning with a vowel ; as, debar, debarring. Debar is accented on the last syllable ; the final consonant, r, is preceded by a single vowel, and is doubled before the suffix ing. Form and spell the derivatives that are obtained by adding the suffix ed to the primitives, abhor, rebut, remit, permit.
Pàgina 14 - Rule II. The final consonant of a monosyllable, if preceded by a single vowel, is doubled before a suffix beginning with a vowel ; as, hat, hatter.
Pàgina 14 - III.—Monosyllables and words accented on the last syllable, when they end with a single consonant, preceded by a single vowel, double their final consonants before a suffix that begins with a vowel; as, baggage, spotted, beginner. RULE...
Pàgina 14 - ... a suffix that begins with a vowel; as, baggage, spotted, beginner. RULE IV.—The final consonant, when not preceded by a single vowel, or when the word is not accented on the last syllable, remains single upon the addition of a suffix; as, spoiling, suffered, toiling, visiting. • RULE V.—The final y of a radical word, when preceded by a consonant, is generally changed into i upon the addition of a suffix; as happiness, trial, storied.
Pàgina 15 - IV. Words ending in er or or, often reject the e or o before a suffix commencing with a vowel ; as, victor, victrix. Words ending in le, preceded by a consonant, reject these letters before the suffix, ly ; as, idle, idly.
Pàgina 5 - ... opened with definitions of terms. After discussing prefixes and suffixes, the author lost no time in getting down to practical application, and listed hundreds of them used in forming words. The book contained 743 exercises. In the preface McElligott stated : The plan, then, requires each exercise to be written; and thus engages the eye as well as the ear in the study of Orthography, while, at the same time, it serves to improve the pupil in penmanship.121 8. Drawing and writing books Apparently...
Pàgina 211 - ... Homer, Virgil, Horace. The pretenders to the art of necromancy, who were chiefly women, had an art of speaking with a feigned voice, so as to deceive those who applied to them, by making them believe that it was the voice of the ghost. They...