 The silent e is omitted in such classes of words as disciplin, respit, believ, crealiv, publishd, remaind, evry, sevral, volly. (2) The e is suppressd and an apostrophe substituted, after the manner of the poets, where the simple omission of the e might...  Oration on American Education: Delivered Before the Western Literary ... - Page 4by Thomas Smith Grimké - 1835 - 43 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Thomas Smith Grimké - Eloquence - 1834 - 64 pages
...following. (1) The silent e is omitted in such classes of words as disciplin, respit, believ, crealiv, publishd, remaind, evry, sevral, volly. (2) The e...preceding vowel from long to short: as in requir'd, rejln'd, deriv'il. (3) In nouns ending in y, I hav simply added an s to make the plural, instead of... | |
 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck, George Long Duyckinck - American literature - 1856 - 838 pages
...of words as ditriplin, rtspit, belief, erratic, volly, <tc. 2. Introduces the apostrophe when1 the omission of the e might change the sound of the preceding vowel from long to short, IB in reqvir'd, rtfind, deriv'd. 8. Nouns eliding in y added an a to make the plural instead of changing... | |
 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck - 1866 - 1010 pages
...of words as diteiplyn, respit, believ, crcativ, volly, act. 2. Introduces the apostrophe where the omission of the e might change the sound of the preceding vowel from long to short, as in reguir'd, rejl ii'il. drriv'd. S. Nouns ending in y added an s to make the plural instead of charging... | |
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