A Rhyming Dictionary: Answering, at the Same Time, the Purposes of Spelling and Pronouncing the English Language, on a Plan Not Hitherto Attempted (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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Words ending with y, preceded by a consonant, form the plurals of nouns, the persons of verbs, verbal nouns, past participles, comparatives, and superlatives, by changing 31 into 5 as qty, rider, I carry, thou carried, Ire carrier/r, or carrier, carrier, carried, Ira/11g, bafifiier, Militia; but the re sent par ticiple in ing retains the 3, that i may not be doub ed, as car 7ing ed by a vowel is never changed, as boy, bay.

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