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