Full text: The English spelling-book ; accompanied by a progressive series of easy and familiar lessons: intended as an introduction to the reading and spelling of the English language

140 Of the Parts of Speech. 
XE.— All monosyllables ending in a consonant with a double vowel 
before it, double not the consonant in derivatives; as, sleep, sleepy ; 
Eroop, trooper. Vn 
Rurg XIl—All words of more than one syllable ending in a Con- 
sonant, and accented on the last syllable, double that consonant in 
derivatives ; as, commit, committee : compel, compelled. 
Rules for dividing Words into Syllables. 
Rurg I.— All syllables expressing or implying a perfect word, not 
ending in a double consonant of the same sort, must remain entire 3 as 
fürm-er, court-Iy, dream-er, Except y at the close, which requires a 
consonant before it ; as, mea-Iy, mil-ky, mus-ty. 
Russ II.— When perfect words are compounded, each retains its 
whole ; as, priest-hood, bird-lime, brim-stone, 
Russ I11.— When a single consonant comes between two vowels, 
it must go with the latter when the first syllable is long, and with the 
former when it is short ; as ri-val, ri-der ; riv-er, riv-et, 
Rurg 1V.—Two consonants in the middle of a word may be parted; 
as, blun-der, sis-ter, ‚für-nace, 
Rutg V.—The double consonants, 4, br‘; cl, er, &c., before € or y 
final, must go with them; as, a-ble, a-bly ; sa-bre, cir-cle, a-cre. 
RuLg VI.— Prepositions must ever be kept apart; as, ab-solve, 
adbs-Eract, trans-port. Except, tran-script, tran-seribe, tran-scend, 
Rurg VII.— Particles should retain their endings distinet ; as melt- 
ing, melt-ed, sav-ing, sav-ed. Yxcept the verb double its final conso- 
nant; as ad-mit-ting, ad-mit-ted ; frim-ming, trim-med. 
Szct. IIl.— Of the Parts of Speech, or Kinds of Words 
into which a Lanquage is divided. 
THE parts of speech, or kinds of words in language, are 
ten; as follow: — ; 
1. An ARTICLE is a part of‘ speech set hefore nouns, to 
fix their signification, "The articles are, a, an, and Ihe, 
2. A Novn is the name of’ a person, place, or thing. 
Whatever can be seen, heard, felt, or understood, is a noun; 
as, John, London, honour, goodness, book, pen, desk, slate, 
paper, ink; all these words are nouwn5- 
3. An ADJECTIVE is a word that denotes the quality of 
any person, place, or thing. 
An adjective cannot stand by itself, but must have a 
noun to which it belongs; as, a 4/o0d man, a fine city, a no- 
ble action. 
—Adijectives admit of comparisons; as, bright, brighter, 
Er. test: except those which cannot be either increased
	        
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