visualizing the
words if he sees them in script as well as in print.

T. O. CHEW.

MARCH, 1914.

A FEW SIMPLE RULES FOR SPELLING

When the diphthongs _ei_ and _ie_ are pronounced _[=e]_, _c_ is
followed by _ei_, all other letters by _ie_. Examples: _ceiling_,
_receive_, _siege_, _believe_. Exceptions: _leisure_, _seize_,
_weird_. The word _slice_ will help pupils to remember this rule--_i_
after _l_ and _e_ after _c_ when applied to _believe_ and _receive_.

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Final _y_ following a consonant changes to _i_ before a suffix not
beginning with _i_. Examples: _busy_, _business_; _dry_, _dried_. When
the suffix begins with _i_, as in _-ing_ and _-ish_, the _y_ is
retained to avoid having double _i_. Examples: _try_, _trying_;
_baby_, _babyish_.

When the final _y_ follows a vowel, the _y_ is retained before a suffix.
Examples: _toy_, _toyed_; _betray_, _betrayed_; _annoy_, _annoyed_.

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To form the plural of words ending in _y_ following a consonant change
the _y_ to _i_ and add _es_. Examples: _quantity_, _quantities_;
_factory_, _factories_.

When the final _y_ follows a vowel, the _y_ is retained and _s_ added.
Examples: _journey_, _journeys_; _delay_, _delays_; _money_, _moneys_.

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Monosyllables and words accented on the last syllable, which end in a
single consonant, following a single vowel, double the final consonant
before a suffix beginning with a vowel. Examples: _hot_, _hotter_;
_begin_, _beginning_. Exceptions: (1) _gas_, _gases_. (2) The letters
_w_, _x_, and _y_ are not doubled. Examples: _show_, _showing_; _box_,
_boxed_; _pay_, _paying_.

In words not accented on the last syllable, the final consonant may or
may not be doubled. Examples: _traveler_ may be spelled _traveller_;
_canceled_, _cancelled_; etc.

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In words ending in unaccented _e_, the final _e_ is dropped before a
suffix beginning with a vowel. Examples: _come_, _coming_; _glue_,
_gluing_; _fine_, _finer_. Exceptions: (1) The _e_ is retained when it
is necessary to preserve the identity of the word, as _dyeing_,
_singeing_. (2) When the final _e_ is preceded by _o_, as _shoeing_,
_hoeing_. (3) After _c_ and _g_ when the suffix begins with _a_ or
_o_, as _peace_, _peaceable_; _outrage_, _outrageous_;