ing mileage duly wholly

Five other exceptions, to be remembered together: argument, judgment,
lodgment, abridgment, acknowledgment.

The exceptions here given, which are practically all of the exceptions
to this rule, should be reviewed until they cannot be forgotten. The
value of the rule depends much on a thorough committal of the
exceptions.

#[Third Month.]#

Rule II: "When a suffix is added to a word ending in _y_, preceded by
a consonant, the _y_ is changed to _i_, unless the suffix begins with
_i_."

Model for drill on this rule (supply + ed, display + ed are written on
the board):

"The _y_ in _supply_ is preceded by a consonant, therefore, when the
suffix _ed_ is added the _y_ is changed to _i_ and the word is
spelled, _supplied_." Or,

"The _y_ in display is preceded by a vowel, therefore when the suffix
_ed_ is added the _y_ is not changed, and the word is spelled,
_displayed_."

carry + ed study + es espy + ed juicy + est
hurry + es destroy + ed deny + ing homely + est
marry + ing pity + ing survey + ed pity + ful
decay + ed pity + less employ + ing rally + es
annoy + s joy + less noisy + est pretty + est
copy + ed city + es mighty + er pity + able

EXCEPTIONS.

_y_ does not change before _'s_; as in

la'dy's en'e my's ba'by's coun'try's

Other exceptions to the rule, or to what is inferred from it:

staid (_or_ stayed) slain dry'ly la'dy like
paid dai'ly dry ness la dy bug
laid sly ly (_but_, dri'er, la dy ship
said sly ness dri'est) ba by hood
saith shy ly shy ness ba by house

#[Fourth and Fifth Months.]#

Rule III: "Monosyllables or words accented on the last syllable,
ending in a single consonant, preceded by a single vowel, double the
final consonant on receiving a suffix beginning with a vowel." This
rule carries with it the inference that the final consonant is not
doubled unless these conditions are all complied with.

Model for drill on this rule:

"_Refer_ is not a monosyllable, but it is accented on the last
syllable; it ends in a single consonant _r_, preceded by a single
vowel _e_; therefore, on adding the suffix _ed_, beginning with the
vowel _e_, the final consonant _r_ i