WORD-BUILDING---RULES AND APPLICATIONS.
There are a few rules and applications of the principles of word-formation
which may be found fully treated in the chapter on "Orthography" at the
beginning of the dictionary, but which we present here very briefly,
together with a summary of principles already discussed.
Rule 1. _F, l,_ and _s_ at the end of a monosyllable after a single
vowel are commonly doubled. The exceptions are the cases in which _s_
forms the plural or possessive case of a noun, or third person singular
of the verb, and the following words: _clef, if, of, pal, sol, as, gas,
has, was, yes, gris, his, is, thus, us. L_ is not doubled at the end
of words of more than one syllable, as _parallel, willful,_ etc.
Rule 2. No other consonants thus situated are doubled. Exceptions:
_ebb, add, odd, egg, inn, bunn, err, burr, purr, butt, fizz, fuzz,
buzz,_ and a few very uncommon words, for which see the chapter in the
dictionary above referred to.
Rule 3. A consonant standing at the end of a word immediately after a
diphthong or double vowel is never doubled. The word _guess_ is only an
apparent exception, since _u_ does not form a combination with _e_ but
merely makes the _g_ hard.
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