 | Frank J. Diamond - 1901 - 246 էջ
...burr purr shirr RULE IV butt buzz fizz fuzz Monosyllables, and words accented on the last syllable and ending in a single consonant preceded by a single vowel, double the final consonant before a suffix beginning with a vowel. bag bud get plod slap etc. VI baggy bud ding get ting plod der slap... | |
 | Edwin Herbert Lewis - 1902 - 312 էջ
...rip, nip, sip, tip, jam, slam, bar, mar, tar, war, bat, fat, mat, pat, pit. 287. Rule 2. Polysyllables accented on the last syllable, ending in a single...a single vowel, double the final consonant before a suffix beginning with a vowel. For example, to verbs accented on the last syllable, showing a single... | |
 | William Malone Baskervill - 1903 - 228 էջ
...change their form before adding the suffix ; as, host, hostess ; baron, baroness. (2) Words of one syllable ending in a single consonant preceded by a single vowel double the final consonant before adding the suffix; as, god, goddess. (3) A letter or a syllable may be dropped and -ess added to the... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin Sisk - 1903 - 282 էջ
...e, silent, is dropped before er and est aVe added; as, large, larg(e)er, larg(e)est. (b) Adjectives ending in a single consonant preceded by a single vowel, double the final consonant before er and est; as, big bigger biggest red redder reddest (c) Adjectives ending in y preceded by a consonant,... | |
 | Luella Clay Carson - 1903 - 140 էջ
...acknoivledgment, truly, 3. 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, thinner. 4. Derivatives formed by prefixing one or more... | |
 | John Henry Haaren - 1903 - 152 էջ
...hatter, nod, nodded, stop, stopping, man, mannish. II. Words of more than one syllable which end with a single consonant preceded by a single vowel, double the final consonant before a suffix which begins with a vowel, provided they are accented on the last syllable ; as, occurred,... | |
 | Jasper Newton Hunt - 1904 - 120 էջ
...-ed and -ing; do not double final consonant. 1 RULE II. — Monosyllables and other words accented on last syllable, ending in a single consonant preceded...a single vowel, double the final consonant before a suffix beginning with a vowel. snap snapped snap'ping . snap'per trim trimmed trim'ming trim'mer... | |
 | William Franklin Watson - 1904 - 244 էջ
...pronounced when inflected, are compared by using the adverbs more, most ; less, least. Adjectives of one syllable ending in a single consonant preceded by a single vowel double the final consonant before er and est. Adjectives ending in y preceded by a consonant change the y to i before adding er and est... | |
 | William Franklin Webster, Alice Woodworth Cooley - 1904 - 246 էջ
...pronounced when inflected, are compared by using the adverbs more, most ; less, least. Adjectives of one syllable ending in a single consonant preceded by a single vowel double the final consonant before er and est. IRREGULAR COMPARISON. A few adjectives have an irregular comparison. The principal ones... | |
 | Jasper Newton Hunt - 1904 - 88 էջ
...two words seen in each word-form. 1 RULE II. — Monosyllables and words accented on last syllables, ending in a single consonant preceded by a single vowel, double the final consonant before a suffix beginning with a vowel. big mad big'ger mad'der big'gest mad'dest wet red glad flat hot hot'ter... | |
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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. 
