 The final y of a primitive word, when preceded by a consonant, is changed into i before an additional termination : as, merry, merrier, merriest, merrily, merriment ; pity, pitied, pities, pitiest, pitiless, pitiful, pitiable.  A Grammar for Children: With Emblematic Illustrations - Page 8by Roscoe Goddard Greene - 1835 - 63 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Goold Brown - English language - 1826 - 122 pages
...When the e is preceded by a vowel, it is sometimes omitted : as, true, truly ; awe, awful. RULE VIII. The final y of a primitive word, when preceded by a consonant, is changed into i before an additional termination : as, merry, mirrier, merriest, merrily, merriment ; pity, pitied,... | |
 | Brandon Turner - 1840 - 258 pages
...truly; awe, awful: and sometimes retained; as, rue, rueful ; shoe, shoeless. ItlTi.v; VIII. FINAI Y. The final y of a primitive word, when preceded by a consonant, is changed into i before an additional termination ; as, merry, merrier, merriest, merrily, merriment ; pity, pitied,... | |
 | Goold Brown - English language - 1848 - 324 pages
...truly ; awe, awful : and sometimes retained ; as, rue, rueful ; shoe, shoeless. RULE VIII. FINAL Y. The final y of a primitive word, when preceded by a consonant, is changed into i before an additional termination : as, merry, merrier, merriest, merrily, merriment ; pity, pitied,... | |
 | Dyer Hook Sanborn - English language - 1848 - 300 pages
...proper letters. — Murray. RULES FOR SPELLING. RULE I. Y changed into I. 96. The letter y at the end of a primitive word, when preceded by a consonant, is changed into i before es, or any termination not beginning with i ; as, spy, spies, spiest, spieth, spied ; happy,... | |
 | Goold Brown - English language - 1851 - 324 pages
...truly ; awe, awful : and sometimes retained ; as, rue, rueful ; shoe, shoeless. RULE VIII. FINAL Y. The final y of a primitive word, when preceded by a consonant, is changed into 4 before an additional termination : as, merry, merrier, merriest, merrily, merriment ; pity, pitied,... | |
 | Goold Brown - 1856 - 144 pages
...truly ; awe, awful : and sometimes retained ; as, rue, rueful; shoe, shoeless. RULB Vni.— FESAL Y. The final y of a primitive word, when preceded by a consonant, is changed into i before an additional termination : as, merry, merrier, merriest, merrily, merriment ; pity, pitied,... | |
 | Goold Brown - English language - 1856 - 136 pages
...truly; awe, awful: and sometimes retained ; as, rue, rueful ; shoe, shoeless. RULE VIII.— FINAL Y. The final y of a primitive word, when preceded by a consonant, is changed into i before an additional termination : as, merry, merrier, merriest, merrily, merriment ; pity, pitied,... | |
 | Goold Brown - English language - 1857 - 120 pages
...truly ; awe, awful: ami sometimes retained; as, rue, rueful; shoe, shoeless. RULE VIII.—FINAL Y. The final y of a primitive word, when preceded by a consonant, is changed into i before an additional termination: as, merry, merrier, merriest, merrily, merriment; pity, pitied,... | |
 | George Payn Quackenbos - English language - 1857 - 206 pages
...ed to the primitives, abhor, rebut, remit, permit. Repeat the rule that relates to y final. Rule IV. The final y of a primitive word, when preceded by a consonant, is changed into i, before a suffix which does not commence with i; as, glory, glorious. The final y of glory is preceded... | |
 | George Payn Quackenbos - English language - 1858 - 204 pages
...ed to the primitives, abhor, rebut, remit, permit. Repeat the rule that relates to y final. Rule IV. The final y of a primitive word, when preceded by a consonant, is changed into i, before a suffix which does not commence with i; as, glory, glorious. The final y of glory is preceded... | |
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