 | William Henry Maxwell - 1891 - 348 էջ
...(a) If the positive ends in e silent, only r and st are added: brave braver bravest (6) Adjectives ending in a single consonant preceded by a single vowel double the final consonant before er and est. red redder reddest big bigger biggest hot hotter hottest (c) If the positive ends in y,... | |
 | William Henry Maxwell - 1891 - 348 էջ
...exceptions. 135. VII. — Monosyllables, and polysyllables accented on the last syllable, when they end in a single consonant preceded by a single vowel, double the final consonant before a suffix beginning with a vowel ; as, thin, thin-ner ; hop, hop-ping ; forget, forget-ting ; acquit,... | |
 | Jenny H. Stickney Lansing - 1892 - 224 էջ
...this are (see Lesson 265) — say, said ; slay, slain ; lay, laid ; day, daily VIII. Monosyllables ending in a single consonant preceded by a single vowel, double the final consonant on adding a syllable beginning with a vowel. robbed rid dance sagged slammed rapped blurred plot ted... | |
 | Robert Comfort Metcalf, Thomas Metcalf - 1894 - 300 էջ
...preserve the soft sound of c and g. Examples: peace, peaceable; manage, manageable; outrage, outrageous. Monosyllables and words accented on the last syllable,...preceded by a single vowel, double the final consonant on taking a suffix beginning with a vowel. Examples : plan, planning, planned ; begin, beginning, beginner.... | |
 | Larkin Dunton, C. Goodwin Clark - 1894 - 152 էջ
...preceded by a vowel is not changed in derivatives. LESSON 170. Rule XIV. — Monosyllables ending with a single consonant preceded by a single vowel double the final consonant before a suffix beginning with a vowel. LESSON 171. 'Kiilr XV. — The final consonant of a monosyllable is... | |
 | Lelia Hardin Bugg - 1895 - 364 էջ
...similar words. Final Consonant. Monosyllables and words accented on the last syllable, ending with a single consonant preceded by a single vowel, double the final consonant on taking an additional syllable beginning with a vowel ; as, forget, forgetting; thin, thinner. EXCEPTIONS.... | |
 | Jasper Newton Hunt, H. I. Gourley - 1896 - 170 էջ
...tine BrazH' It'aly Por'tftgal RSptLb'lIe Lesson 15. RULE II. — Monosyllables and accented syllables ending in a single consonant preceded by a single vowel, double the final consonant before a suffix beginning with a vowel. Verbs. Past Participles. Pros. Participles. Nouns. tSn tSnned tSn'ning... | |
 | Calvin Patterson - 1897 - 204 էջ
...182. Rule for Spelling. Words of one si/liable, and words of more than one syllable with the accent on the last syllable, ending in a single consonant...a single vowel, double the final consonant before a suffix beginning with a vowel, except when the addition of the suffix throws the accent nearer the... | |
 | Calvin Patterson - 1897 - 204 էջ
...one syllable, and words of more than one syllable with the accent on the last syllable, ending ina single consonant preceded by a single vowel, double the final consonant before a suffix beginning with a vowel, except when the addition of the suffix throws the accent nearer the... | |
 | Albert Newton Raub - 1897 - 272 էջ
...foregoing. 5. Final Consonant. — Monosyllables and words accented on the last syllable, ending with a single consonant preceded by a single vowel, double the final consonant on taking an additional syllable beginning with a vowel; as, run, running; begin, beginning. The following... | |
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Words of one syllable or words accented on the last syllable, ending in a single consonant preceded by a single vowel, double the final consonant when adding a suffix beginning with a vowel. 
