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Par. 280-282.] ON SPELLING.

179

-al, -ed, -er, -s, -y, -ness, -ous, -s, to the following
words:
Lonely, employ, gaudy, daisy, decay, steady, accompany,
enjoy, effigy, silly, occupy, busy, giddy, jelly, colloquy,
chimney, ready, journey, shabby, annoy, prophesy,
felony, try, lovely, efficacy, convey, lofty, supply, dismay, defy, gay, vary, penury, stately, day, accompany,
pity, marry, plenty, continue.
280 IV. and V. Add as many as possible of the affixes
-able, -ing, -ly, -ment, -ous, -er, -y, to the following
words:Love, peace, move, blame, marriage, whole, sole, decree,
ease, feeble, advantage, true, spice, village, due, charge,
trouble, trace, pledge, judge, guarantee, manage, abridge,
disagree, excuse.
281 VII. Add -ing, -ence, -er, -ous (where possible),
toControl, bargain, recal, peril, benefit, admit, ballot, danger,
infer, pencil, debit, acquit, abhor, glutton, begin, poison,
suffer, traitor, gambol, extol, rebel, travel, compel,
level, worship, cancel, model, sever, equip, allot, riot,
murder, befit, ruin, sin.
Reasons for apparent Irregularities.
282 I. -eive, -ieve. —It is sometimes difficult to
decide, in such words as " receive," "believe," &c.,
whether the e or i should come first; but the diffi