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Teaching Affixes
Lesson 142.
In words like the following, ed is pronounced as t; and, although of two
and three syllables, the words are pronounced in one and two.
graced fixed es caped’ at tacked’
scraped mixed em braced’ con fessed’
cracked boxed en grossed’ op pressed’
In other words formed by the affix ed, the last letter is doubled in words
of one syllable, or in words accented on the last syllable, when they end
with a single consonant preceded by a single vowel; as, wed, wed’ded. If
the word ends in any other consonant than d or t, the e in ed becomes
silent, and the two syllables become one; as, hem, hemmed, pronounced
hemd.
jut’ted shunned com pelled o mit’ted
fret’ted tapped e quipped’ im bed’ded
fit’ted rubbed de murred’ com mit’ted
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