CHAPTER IX RULES FOR SPELLING RULE I. Monosyllables ending in a single consonant preceded by a single vowel double the final consonant before a suffix beginning with a vowel. RULE II. - Polysyllables accented on the last syllable, ending in a single consonant preceded by a single vowel, double the final consonant before a suffix beginning with a vowel. Note. - Polysyllables not accented on the last syllable, ending in a single consonant preceded by a single vowel, do not double the final consonant before a suffix beginning with a vowel. Exception I.- Final silent e preceded by c or g is retained before a suffix beginning with a or o in order to preserve the soft sound. Exception II. out ra geous - Words ending in ie drop the e and change the i to y before a suffix beginning with i. die dy ing lie ly ing tie ty ing Exception III. The following words retain final e before the suffix ing : RULE IV. Final silent e is usually retained before a Exception. The following words drop final e before a suffix beginning with a consonant: RULE V. Use i before e except after c. RULE VI. The final letter of a word or prefix is usually retained before the same letter in the suffix or root. le gal le gal ly il le gal ly sim i lar dis sim i lar RULE VII. Final y preceded by a consonant is changed Exception. — Final y is retained before the suffix ing: hur ber ry ing mag ni fy ing mul ti ply ing tes ti fy ing RULE VIII. —A prefix or a suffix ending in usually drops one l al to geth er ful fil wel fare Note. al ways · Credit is due to Daly's Rational Speller for some of the rules au thor i ty au tumn aux il i a ry av er age awk ward bach e lor bal ance balk y bal loon ba na na bap tize bar gain bat tal ion bay o net bea con beau ti ful be gin ning be neath ben e fi cial ben e fit bi cy cle bis cuit bla ma ble blame less cam paign car riage cat a logue cat a ract cau tion cel lar cham ois change a ble char ac ter chif fo nier chim ney chis el choose chron i cle cir cuit cir cu lar cir cum fer ence ci vil i ty civ i li za tion clause clean li ness со соа colo nel co lo ni al com mer cial com mit tee com par a tive com pass con ceal con cede con demn con fec tion er y con science con sci en tious con scious con so nant con ve nient con vey cool ly cor dial cor re spond ence coun ter feit cou ra geous cour te ous cour te sy cred it or cres cent crit i cise crys tal cus tom cyl in der dai ly debt or de ceive dec i mal de clen sion, |