CLASSIFICATION OF
8. The final y of a primitive word, when preceded by a consonant,
Is changed into x before an additional termination; as MERT, HER-
ILY: but with a vowel before, the Y Is not changed; as VALLEY,
VALLEYS, and not VALLES, as frequently written; and before IG the
Y is retained to prevent the doubling of the I; as PITY, PITYING.
9. Compounds generally retainthe orthography of the simple words
of which'they are composed; as ALL-WISE, BLUE-EYED,
10. Words ending In F or Fz have v substituted for the r In forming
the plurals: as WIFE, wIvES; RNIF, xnvEs, etc., except when ending
In Fr.
11. Some words are spelt the same in both the singular and plural;
as DEE, SHEEP, etc., in which instance, by placing A before the word,
one is meant, and by using THE, more than one.
12. Some words are spelt altogether differently in the singular and
plural; as MOUSE, MICE; GOOSE, GEESE.
13. In spelling words it Is necessary to consider well the different
sounds of each part of the word. Every separate sound in a word
must have in it one of the following letters, A, E, i, o0, or u. Take
for ins ance, cONTEMPLATE, which consists of three different sounds,
CON-TEM-PLATE; there are the letters o, E, and A, respectively, in each
sound or syllable, as it Is called, and each one gives the sound to its
Syllable. In dividing such words at the end of a line. you must not
let the last letter be any one of the above-mentioned five vowels, but
must divide according to the syllable.
Another rule to be observed in the spelling of words which have
rMG added to them, when such words end In E, the B must always be
left out; as coMs, COMING; DIVIDE, DIVIDING.
It is also found difficult when the letters I and B come together in a
word, to know which Is to be placed first.- The following simple rule
will obviate such difficulty: When I and R follow C in a word, the i
IS usually placed first; as RECEIVE, DECEIVE, CoNcEIvE, etc.; in other
instances the I comes before the R; as BELIEVE, RELIEVE, etc.
Words of Similar Pronunolation that are Spelled Differently.
All, Ale. Ail, unwell ; Ale, a liquor.
All, Awl. All, everyone; Awl, shoemaker's tool.
Bear, Bare. Bear, wild animal; Bare, naked.
Bier, Beer. Bier, frame for carrying corpse ; Beer, a malt liquor.
Bore, Boar. Bore, carried, or to make a hole ; Boar, the male
swine.
Birth, Berth. Birth, to be born ; Berth, sleeping place.
Bee, Be. Bee, an insect ; Be, is used in every other instance.
Call, Caul  Call, to visit, or shout after; Caul, the covering
on the heads of some children when born.
Currant, Current, Currant, a fruit ; Current, a stream.
Draft, Draught. Draft, commercial form, or current of air;

None,

Piece, Peac
Pare, Pear,
Rain, Rein,
Reed, Read.

Red, Read. Red, a color; Read, past tense c
Sign, Sine. Sign, a token; Sine, a mathemal
There, Their. There, in that place; Their, ap
Tow, Toe. Tow, rope material; Toe, a part
Vain, Vane. Vain, conceited; Vane, a weath
Vice, Vise. Vice, wickedness; Vise, a blacks
Ware, Wear. Ware, goods, or earthen-ware;
use of clothing.
Write, Wright, Rite, Right. Write, to use a
man's name; Rite, a ceremony : I
Wrote, Rote. Wrote, having written; Rote
memory.
You, Yew, Ewe. You, yourself; Yew, a trE
sheep.
Blew, Blue. Blew, having blown; Blue, a c
Made, Maid. Made, formed; Maid, female s,
Pail, Pale. Pail, a vessel; Pale, white.
Words having prefixes and suffixes  of di
while having each the same or nearly the sam
ible and able.
The following words end in ibe. Most oth(
ilar pronunciation end in able.
Accessible,       Decoctible,       Fall
Admissible,       Deducible,        Feas
Appetible,        Defeasible,       Fenc
Apprehensible,    Defectible,       Flex
Audible,          Defensible,       Fore
Coercible,        Depectible,       Fran
Collectible,      Deprehensible,    Fusi'
Comminuible,      Descendible,      Hor
Compatible,       Destructible,     Igno
Competible,       Digestible,       Illeg
Comprehensible,   Discernible,      Imm