A Complete Etymology of the English Languages: Containing the Anglo-Saxon, French, Dutch ... Roots and the English Words Derived Therefrom ...A.S.Barnes and Company, 1873 |
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A. S. BARNES Anglo-Saxon animal belonging bend bird blow body breathe buxus cloth color comes cover Danish DICTATION EXERCISES draw dress Dutch earth English Language Etymology fall fasten fish flax fluid foot French give grain grow hair heat heavy hold hole horse inclosure instrument intj kind language Latin lego light liquor malt liquor manner marriage mean ment metal mind motion move noise NOTE NOTE.-The one's pain peevish pello person pertaining piece plant prep preterit quick Readers relating resembling ROOTS AND DERIVATIVES round Rule Saxon sea fowl sharp shining ship side Signifies skin sleep soft sound SPELL Speller stick stone strong substance suffix syllable taste thin thing throw tree turn twist verb vessel violent vowel Weax wind wood words ending writing
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Page 37 - Monosyllables, and words accented on the last syllable, when they end with a single consonant preceded by a single vowel, double their final consonant before an additional syllable that begins with a vowel : as, rob, robber ; permit, permitt,ng.
Page 37 - DOUBLING. A final consonant, when it is not preceded by a single vowel, or when the accent is not on the last syllable, should remain single before an additional syllable : as, toil, toiling ; visit, visited ; general, generalize.