FORTIETH WEEK Review Lessons 151-195. 196 197 Phone sound (Greek). Aud-hear (Latin). = telephone phonograph phonic audible 198 audit auditor If a man empties his purse into his head, no man can take it away from him. An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest.-FRANKLIN Strive not with your superiors in argument, but always submit your judgment to others with modesty.-WASHINGTON Memorize these sentences and write them from dictation. 199 He who puts his best into every task will outstrip the man who waits for a great opportunity.-CHAMBERLAIN There is a necessary limit to our achievement, but none to our attempt.-PHILLIPS BROOKS Write these sentences from dictation. 1. Plurals: RULES FOR SPELLING Most nouns form their plural by adding s or es. When the plural has an extra syllable, es is usually added. As lad, lads; inch, inches. Some nouns ending in f or fe change those letters to ves to form the plural. As knife, knives. Nouns ending in y after a consonant change y to i and add es to form the plural. As family, families. Nouns ending in y after a vowel add s to form the plural. As joy, joys. 2. To denote possession: Add the apostrophe and s ('s) to a singular noun. As boy, boy's. To a plural noun ending in s, add the apostrophe ('). As boys'. To a plural noun not ending in s, add the apostrophe and s ('s). As children's. 3. Silent e is usually retained before a suffix beginning with a consonant. As careless, severely. 4. Silent e is usually dropped before a suffix beginning with a vowel. As come, coming; love, lovable. 5. Words ending in ce and ge retain the e before a suffix beginning with a or o. As noticeable, courageous. 6. Final y after a consonant becomes i before a suffix that does not begin with i. As try, tried, trying. 7. In monosyllables and words accented on the last syllable, a single consonant following a single vowel is doubled before a suffix beginning with a vowel. As run, running; occur, occurrence. 8. In the digraph ie, i usually precedes e, except after c or when sounded like ā. As believe, receive, neighbor. 9. When the first letter of a word is the same as the last letter of the prefix, both letters are usually kept. As misspell. 10. When the last letter of a word is the same as the first letter of the suffix, both letters are usually kept. As suddenness. 250 |