00 ART OF READING AND "WRITING,. such words as these, en-able, un-equal, dis-ease, re-strain, trans-act, and such like. 3 Q. What is a derivative word ? A. A derivative word is made of one word and a syllable coming after it, which is called a termination ; such as ed in painted, en in gold-en, ess in count-ess, est in readest, eth in speak-eth, er in hear-er, ing in talking, ish in fool-ish, ist in art-ist, ous in covet -ous, ly in kind-ly ; and several others. 4 Q. Howmust compound and derivative wordsbe divided in spelling ? A. The single words must keep their own proper letters and syllables distinct, and the little prepositions or terminations roust be spelt distinct by themselves. 5 Q. Are any compound words excepted from this rule ? A. In such as are derived from the Latin, Greek, or Hebrew, as adorn, proselyte, transient, iniquity, Bethel, and several others, the primitive word can never be distinguished without the knowledge of other tongues ; and therefore the Unglish scholar may spell them according to the common rules, without just blame ; as pro-selyte, tran-sient, a-dorn, ini- quity, Be-thel. 6 Q. Are any derivative words reduced also to the common rules ? A. Yes, there are two sorts First, Such as end in a single consonant, and double it before the termination, as cut, cut-teth, glad, glad-der, commit, commit-ting. Secondly, Such as end in e, and lose it before the termina- tion, as from write come writ-est, writ-eth, writ -er, writ-ing; WI which must be spelled by the common rules. Note, The following chapter is not necessary for children. CHAS'. XII.Oj Quantity and Accent. I. QUESTION. ARE all words and syllables to be pronounced with the same sort of voice or sound. Answer. Every syllable must be sounded according to its proper quantity, and every word of two or more .syllables must pave its proper accent. 2 Q. What is quantity ? A. Quantity is the distinction ofsyllables into long or short. 3 Q. How are long and short syllables distinguished? A. All long syllables have a diphthong in them, as gain, heap, or else the vowel has a long or a broad sound, as gall,
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