 | Robert Kemp Philp - 1858 - 454 pages
...syllable ending in I, with a single vowel before it, have double I at the close : as, тШ, sell. 1665. All words of one syllable ending in I, with a double vowel before it, have one I only at the close : as. mall, sail. 1666. Words of one syllable ending in I, when compounded,... | |
 | Robert Kemp Philp - 1865 - 410 pages
...syllable ending in /, with a single Towel before it, have double I at the close : as, mill, tell. ii. All words of one syllable ending in I, with a double vowel before it, have one I only at the close : as, mail, sail. iii. Words of one syllable ending in I, when compounded,... | |
 | Arthur Martine - 1866 - 228 pages
...dictionary for reference, as the importance of co-™ect spelling and phraseology cannot be overestimated. All words of one syllable, ending in I, with a single...foretell, distill, instill and fulfill retain the II of their primitives. Derivatives of dull, skill, will and full also retain U when the accent falls... | |
 | 1869 - 430 pages
...syllable ending in /, with a single vowel before it, have double I at the close : as, mill, sell. ii. All words of one syllable ending in I, with a double vowel before it, have one I only at the close: as, mail, sail. Hi. Words of one syllable ending in I, when compounded, retain... | |
 | Edwin Chesterman - 1873 - 466 pages
...one syllabic ending in /, with a single vowel before it, have double I at the close ; as, mill, felt. All words of one syllable ending in I, with a double vowel before it, have one / only at the close ; as mtiil, »ail. Words of one syllable ending in /, when compounded, retain... | |
 | Alvin Wood Chase - 1876 - 948 pages
...one syllable ending in I, with a single vowel before it, have double I at the close: as, mill, tell. All words of one syllable ending in I, with a double vowel before it, have one I only at the close: as i/mil Kail. Words of one syllable ending iu /, when compounded, retain... | |
 | 1883 - 616 pages
...chagrin, chagrined. All words of one syllable ending in /, with a single vowel before it, have double II at the close ; as mill, sell. All words of one...foretell, distill, instill and fulfill, retain the double I of their primitives. Derivatives of dull, skill, will, and full, also retain the U when the accent... | |
 | Henry Major - 1883 - 390 pages
...syllable ending in I, with a single vowel before it, have double Z at the close ; as, mill, sell. (2) Words of one syllable ending in I, with a double vowel before it, have one I only at the close ; as, mail, ' sail. (3) Words of one syllable ending in I, when compounded,... | |
 | John Stuart Ogilvie - 1884 - 136 pages
...ending in I, with a single vowel before it, have double U at tho close : as mill, sell. All words of ono syllable ending in I, with a double vowel before it,...foretell, distill, instill and fulfill, retain the double I of their primitives. Derivatives of dull, skill, T.'ill, and full, also retain the U when the accent... | |
 | Western rural year book - 1886 - 554 pages
...chagrin, chagrined. All words of one syllable ending in /, with a single vowel before it, have double // at the close; as mill, sell. All words of one syllable ending in /, with a double vowel before it, have only one / at the close; as mail, sail. The words foretell,... | |
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II at the close, as mill, sell. All words of one syllable ending in I, with a double vowel before it, have only one I at the close, as mail, sail. 
