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McGuffey’s Eclectic Spelling Book

by Alexander H. McGuffey

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Lesson 140

Words ending in e silent, generally drop the e in adding ing.

mak’ing seiz’ing rul’ing ex pir’ing nam’ing forc’ing lin’ing re fus’ing plagu’ing hedg’ing squeez’ing in trigu’ing ach’ing writ’ing schem’ing alleg’ing

The final e is retained when it is necessary to prevent a change of pronunciation, or to maintain the identity of a word.

hoe’ing shoe’ing change’a ble toe’ing singe’ing trace’able tinge’ing dye’ing peace’a ble foe’man blue’ness charge’a ble

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