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
