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" 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. "
Elements of the English Language, Or, Analytical Orthography: Designed to ... - Page 116
by Albert D. Wright - 1870 - 126 pages
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Hill's Manual of Social and Business Forms: A Guide to Correct Writing ...

Thomas Edie Hill - Business - 1883 - 542 pages
...EUU, nun. INN, ERR, FUHR, BUTT, BUZZ, and ноте proper names. 8. Words of one syllable, and wurde accented on the last syllable, when they end with...single consonant, preceded by a single vowel, double the final consonant before an additional syllable beginnin!; with a vowel ; as ROB, ROBBER ; PERMIT,...
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The American Manual of Useful, Interesting, and Instructive Information ...

William Harrison Starkey - 1884 - 300 pages
...letter. Exceptions are, ADD, BUTT, BUZZ, EBB, EGG, ERR, INN, ODD. RULE 3. — Words of one syllable, and words accented on the last syllable, when they...single consonant, preceded by a single vowel, double the final consonant before an additional syllable beginning with a vowel, except where the accent is...
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Hill's Manual of Social and Business Forms

Thomas Edie Hill - 1884
...EBB, PCBB, BUTT, BUZZ, and some proper names. 3. Words of one syllable, and words accented on the lact syllable, when they end with a single consonant, preceded by a single vowel, double the final consonant before an additional syllable beginning with a vowel; as ROB, ROBBEH; PERMIT, PERMITTING...
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A Practical Rhetoric: For Instruction in English Composition and Revision in ...

J. Scott Clark - English language - 1886 - 410 pages
...an i before a suffix; as, joy -f- less = joyless. RULE V. Doubling. — Most monosyllables and other words accented on the last syllable, when they end...with a single consonant, preceded by a single vowel, or by a vowel after qu, double their final letter before a suffix beginning with a vowel; as, rob +...
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Elements of English: An Introduction to English Grammar : for the Use of Schools

George Hodgdon Ricker - English language - 1887 - 112 pages
...player; destroy, destroyer. Rule 5. — Monosyllables, and words accented on the last syllable, ending 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; admit, admitted,...
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Amerikanisch-Deutscher Briefsteller

German Americans - 1888 - 748 pages
...except abb, ebb, add, odd, egg, inn, err, burr, purr, yarr, butt, buzz, fuzz, and some proper names. 3. Monosyllables, and words accented on the last syllable,...with a single consonant, preceded by a single vowel, or by a vowel after qu, double their final consonant before an additional syllable that begins with...
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Brown's Language Lessons: With Graded Exercises in Analysis, Parsing ...

Henry Kiddle - English language - 1889 - 186 pages
...sometimes indicated by the mark ('). Thus, permit', differ. Hence we have the following — RULE. — Monosyllables, and words accented on the last syllable,...single consonant preceded by a single vowel, double the final consonant before a suffix that begins with a vowel. Exercise. Write derivatives from the...
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Practical English Grammar and Correspondence: For Use in Business Colleges ...

Commercial correspondence - 1889 - 160 pages
...(number), Pennsylvania, saint, street, Vermont, and Virginia. LESSON XXXI. KULES FOE SPELLING. Rule 1. — Monosyllables and words accented on the last syllable,...when they end with a single consonant preceded by a vowel or by a vowel after qu, double their final consonant before an additional syllable that begins...
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The Progressive Speller: A Complete Spelling Book

Franklin Pierce Sever - Spellers - 1892 - 166 pages
...consonant, is changed into i on the addition of a suffix, unless the suffix begins with i. " 15, " 92. — Monosyllables and words accented on the last syllable,...with a single consonant preceded by a single vowel, or by a vowel after qu, double the final consonant upon the addition of a suffix beginning with a vowel....
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New Common School Question Book: Comprising Questions and Answers on All ...

Asa Hollister Craig - Examinations - 1897 - 538 pages
...argue, awe, due, judge, lodge, true, and whole, silent e is not retained. RULE III.—Monosyllables and words accented on the last syllable, when they...consonant, preceded by a single vowel, double their final consonants before a suffix that begins with a vowel; as, baggage, spotted, beginner. RULE IV.—The...
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