plan'ning win'ning stop'ping a bet'ting
fret'ting blot'ting gun'ning re bel'ling
bid'ding rob'bing shut'ting o mit'ting
Other words ending with consonants, which do not double the final letter.
act'ing fail'ing mean'ing ex pand'ing
land'ing rain'ing coax'ing con sent'ing
build'ing sail'ing suit'ing vis'it ing
Lesson 140.
Words ending in e silent, generally drop the e in adding ing.
mak'ing seiz'ing rul'ing ex pir'ing
nam'ing forc'ing lin'ing re fus'ing
plagu'ing hedg'ing squeez'ing in trigu'ing
ach'ing writ'ing schem'ing alleg'ing
The final e is retained when it is necessary to prevent a change of
pronunciation, or to maintain the identity of a word.
hoe'ing shoe'ing change'a ble
toe'ing singe'ing trace'able
tinge'ing dye'ing peace'a ble
foe'man blue'ness charge'a ble
Lesson 141.
Ed, as a suffix, generally signifies did. In words like the following the
e in ed is silent, and the wards, though of two and three syllables, are
pronounced in one and two.
blazed wedged boiled be reaved
drained solved coiled be sieged'
hailed called soiled blas phemed'
lamed hauled bowed ac quired'
paved mauled crowned con trol1ed'
stowed warmed plowed a bused'
saved warned roused ac cused'
feared warped scoured com muned'
flowed proved soured con fused'
glued shoved dodged de coyed'
begged loved filled en joyed'
Lesson 142.
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