llable?_
It does.

69. _Give examples._
Grade, grad-ed; confide, con-fi-ded.

70. _Can a word be compound and derivative at the same time?_
It can; as, ball-player.

71. _How distinguish between an affix and a part of a compound
word?_
If all the parts retain their literal signification they form
a compound; if not, the part which loses its signification
becomes an affix in a derivative.

72. _Is the word outside compound or derivative?_
It is compound.

73. _Is the word outrun compound or derivative?_
It is derivative.

74. _What is Derivation?_
That branch of etymology which treats of the sources of the words
of a language.

75. _How many kinds of Derivation?_
Two.

76. _What are they?_
Paronymous and Historical.

77. _What is Paronymous derivation?_
That part of etymology which treats of present sources of English
words.

78. _Give examples of Paronymous derivation._
Kingdom, from king; Manly, from man, etc.

79. _What is Historical derivation?_
That part of etymology which treats of the foreign sources of the
English language.

80. _Give examples of Historical derivation._
Book, from boc; Moon, from mona, etc.

81. _When use a, and when an, in a sentence?_
Use a before all words beginning with a consonant sound, and
use an before words beginning with a vowel sound,
_h_ mute, or _h_ initial, if the accent is on any other
syllable than the first.

82. _Why do words in the English language become obsolete?_
Because it is a living language.

83. _What is a new word?_
One that has recently come into use.

84. _Name some new words._
Outsider, intensify, repudiate, and idiom.

85. _What is meant by suspended animation of a word?_
A word that passes out of use for a while and then resumes its
place in literature.

86. _Give examples of suspended words._
The words reckless, abate, and abandon, fell into disuse in the
seventeenth century, but have since been revived.

87. _What letters are called the pivots?_
Y and w.

88. _Why are they so called?_
Because of their peculiar sounds in changing from vowels to
consonants.

89. _What kind of new words should be avoided?_
Any word formed contrary to the genius of the language.

90. _What is meant by idiom?_
A peculiar mode of express