 | Walter Scott Dalgleish - 1866 - 170 pages
...; as, m&n-ly. A syllable added to the beginning of a word is called a prefix ; as, lira-manly. 98. Final y preceded by a consonant is changed into i before all inflectional suffixes except -ing and 's ; as, fly, flies ; happy, happier ; \>nt fly-ing, fly's. 99.... | |
 | Thomas Nelson Publishers - 1879 - 448 pages
...reap soil venom need plan refer squander wag plod render stab water plunder repeat stain worship 3. Final y, preceded by a consonant, is changed Into i before all the verbal suffixes except -ing : as, cry, cri-est, cries, cri-eth, cried ; cry-ing. (a) Final y, preceded... | |
 | Lelia Hardin Bugg - English language - 1895 - 364 pages
...EXCEPTIONS. Abridgment, acknowledgment, argument, awful, duly, truly, wholly, judgment, nursling. Final Y. Final y preceded by a consonant is changed into i before all terminations not beginning with i; as, happy, happier, happiness; city, cities. EXCEPTIONS. I. Y is... | |
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Final y preceded by a consonant is changed into i before all affixes, except those beginning with i. 