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Affixes
Ly is an abbreviation of like; as manly for man-like, or like a man. Ly is
still further shortened into y; as, rock, rocky.
bright’ly  eas’y     heav’i ly    thor’oug ly
gay’ly     earth’y   heart’i ly   might’i ly
no’bly     speed’y   read’i ly    has’ti ly
wind’y     spon’gy   tar’di ly    stead’i ly

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Affixes
Lesson 146.
In adjectives, er is generally added to form the comparative, and est to
form the superlative; as, rich, richer, richest.
strict’er   fierc’est   wealth’i er   wor’thi est
broad’er    slow’est    greed’i er    read’i est
bright’er   gaunt’est   drear’i er    haugh’ti est

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Affixes
Lesson 144.
Ar, er, and or signify one who does, or that which does; as, baker, one
who bakes. If the word ends in e, r only is added. After a consonant y is
generally changed into i. Another letter is sometimes united to the affix;
as law, law’yer. The final consonants are doubled, as in Lesson 142.
beg’gar     bank’er    [...]

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Spelling Vocabulary Words - Homophones Beginning With I
 I (see aye)
 I’d (see eyed)
 ide (see eyed)
idyl (-s), idyll (-s), idle (-s), idol (-s)
ileum, ilium
 illicit (see elicit)
 illusive (see allusive)
 I’ll (see aisle)
 immanent, imminent (see eminent)
 immerge (see emerge)
impassable, impassible
impatience, impatiens
in, inn
incidence, incidents
incite, insight (?)
independence, independents
indict (-s), indite (-s)
indigence, indigents
inequity, iniquity (?)
innocence, innocents
instance, instants
 insure (see ensure)
intense, intents
 irrupt (see erupt)
 irruption (see eruption)
 isle [...]

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Lesson 143.
Words not included in the ahove rule, do not double the final
consonant.
act’ed    failed   quar’reled   ex pand’ed
land’ed   rained   bar’reled    mer’it ed
rest’ed   coaxed   trav’eled    vis’it ed
Y is sometimes changed into i; as cry, cried.
cried   dried   mar’ried   glo’ried
tried   fried   tar’ried   sto’ried
shied   spied   car’ried   wor’ried

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