...Gaiety, said, paid, laid. 441. V. — Words of one syllable, or which are accented on the last syllable, ending in a single consonant preceded by a single vowel, double the consonant on receiving an augment ; as, Star, starry ; hot, hotter ; put, putting ; begin, beginning ; intermit,...

...thus us In quaff, quell, quill, u is considered as part of the q. Exception — guess. RULE IV. — Monosyllables ending in a single consonant, preceded by a single vowel, double that consonant upon taking another syllable beginning with a vowel. bud bud'-ding flat flat'-ter bud'-ded...

...delay-ing, allay, all«y-ed. EXCEPTIONS — Said, paid, laid, staid, daily. IX. Words of one syllable ending in a single consonant, preceded by a single vowel, double the consonant before a vowel augment — shrub, shrubby ; red, redder ; bog, bofltcy • gum, gummy ; skin, skin«y ; f/up,...

...before the y, the y is . changed into i before er and est, as happy, happi-er, happi-est. Adjectives ending in a single consonant, preceded by a single vowel, double the consonant in the comparative and superlative, as fit, fitter, fittest ; wet, wetter, wettest ; fat, fatter, fattest...

...or trieth. Tried. Trying. EULE III. Verbs accented on the last syllable, and verbs of one syllable, ending in a single consonant, preceded by a single vowel, double the final consonant before the terminations est, eth, ed, ing ; but never before s — thus, allot, allottest,...

...HULK 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 /tare not doubled. Examples...

...traffic, trafficking ; mimic, mimicking. 5. Monosyllables, and words accented on the last syllable, ending in a single consonant preceded by a single vowel, double the final consonant, on taking a suffix beginning with a vowel ; as, glad, gladden ; bey, beggar ; begin,...

...fop, foppish, seat, seated, bait, baiting, would enable the teacher to ilustrate the principle that monosyllables, ending in a single consonant preceded by a single vowel, double the consonant when a syllable is added, but when two vowels occur the consonant is not. doubled. Words similarly...

...blackish, meaning somewhat black, or a little black. 2. By prefixing the adverbs less or Icast. Adjectives ending in a single consonant preceded by a single vowel double the consonant before er and est ; as, hot hotter hottest thin thinner thinnest Adjectives that form their comparatives and...

...stillness, tallness, refill, recall, uphill. 6. Monosyllables and words accented on the last syllable, ending in a single consonant preceded by a single vowel, double the final consonant before an additional syllable that begins with a vowel ; as, fit, fitted, fitteth,...