...habit of reading accurate books, or of practice in writing, the following may be of some service. 1. Monosyllables and words accented on the last syllable, ending in a single consonant preceded by a short vowel, double the final consonant before a new syllable or termination beginning with a vovel,...

...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, begin-ner;...

...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,...

...; Sicily, the two Sicilies. II. — WORDS ENDING IN A SINGLE CONSONANT IT.ECEDED BY A SINGLE TOWEL. Monosyllables, and Words accented on the last syllable,...preceded by a single vowel, double the final consonant on receiving a postfix beginning with a vowel : thusbid, bidden, bidding, biddest. beg, beggar, begging,...

...mo' hair de spair' in snare' 6 ' -f are well' par terre' i 1 com pare' . for bear' 12. Rule III. — Monosyllables and words accented on the last syllable,...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'...

...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...

...suffix ing; as, hie, hying; die, dying; lie, lying. 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; eg, bag, baggage; clan, clannish. Gaseous is an exception....

...say' repay' pre pay' dis may' enjoy' Lesson 132. RULE II.— Sionosyllables and accented syllables, ending in a single consonant preceded by a single vowel, double the nuul consonant before a sufflx beginning with a vowel ; ey, getting. Write the two participles of the...

...'many'), as singularity. 21. When a syllable beginning with a vowel is added to a monosyllable, or a word accented on the last syllable, ending in a single Consonant preceded by a single vowel, the final consonant is doubled. As sin, sinner ; sit, sitting; expel, expelled; confer, conferred....

...'many'), js singularitv. 16. When a syllable beginning with a vowel is added to a monosyllable, or a word accented on the last syllable, ending in a single consonant preceded by a single vowel, the final consonant is doubled. As sin, sinner ; sit, sitting; expel, expelled; confer, conferred....