...boy-ish; joy, joy-ful. Except laid, paid, and said, and their compounds, unlaid, unpaid, unsaid. But words ending in y, preceded by a consonant, change the y into i in forming the plurals of nouns, the persons of verbs, verbal nouns, past participles, comparatives,...

...ending in jf, adding i, a« hoof, hoofs; fife, fifes; muff, muffi, rnff, ruffs; whiff, whiffs. Nouns ending in y, preceded by a consonant, change the y Into i before adding ea, as city, cities; cry, cries; (iet = is; ie$ = to he, the y retaining its long sound,)...

...438. Generally, compound words are spelled like the words of which they are formed. 439. IV. — Words ending in y, preceded by a consonant, change the y into i on receiving an augment; as, holy, holier ; happy, happiness ; pita, pitied. Exceptions:— Before...

...When a regular verb ends in silent e, it drops the e on receiving ed; as, Love, lov-ed. Regular verbs ending in y, preceded by a consonant, change the y into i before the ed is added ; as, present, rarify, perfect, rarified, perfect participle, rarified. See...

...Nouns ending in ch (hard), take s only in the plural, as monarch, monarchs ; stomach, stomachs. Nouns ending in y, preceded by a consonant, change the y into i, and require es in addition, as fly, flies; beauty, beauties. This change is adopted because the //...

...vowel ; but the Eule applies only to the last syllable, which contains no more than one vowel. Verbs ending in y, preceded by a consonant, change the y into i, on assuming ed ; as, Study, studied. Verbs ending in y, preceded by a vowel, on assuming ed, do not...

...the garden, and thus saved their lives. The loaves were cut in halyes with the knives. RULE XV. Words ending in Y, preceded by a consonant change the' Y into I, in their derivatives. EXERCISES FOR WRITING. We fancied he was studious. He was not satisfied. The...

...EXCEPTIONS. — Aw'ful, ar'gu-ment, a-brid/ment, acknowledgment, judgment, du'ly, tru'ly, whol'ly. 5. 'Words ending in Y, preceded by a consonant, change the Y into I before any augment but 'S, or one beginning with I. EXAMPLES. — Cry, cried, eri'est, cries, cri'eth;...

...— Awful, argument, abridgment, acknowledgment, duly, judgment, truly, wholly. 11. Primitive words ending in y, preceded by a consonant, change the y into i before any termination but 's, or one commencing with i ; as, merry, merrier ; pity, pitiless. EXCEPTIONS....

...annoy-ance. Except slain, laid, paid, and said, and their compounds, unlaid, unpaid, unsaid. b. But words ending in y, preceded by a consonant, change the y into i, upon assuming an augment ; and also in forming the plurals of nouns, the persons of verbs, verbal nouns,...