Practical High School Speller

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PRACTICAL HIGH SCHOOL

SPELLER

COMPILED BY

TOBIAS O. CHEW, M.S.

SUPERINTENDENT OF CITY SCHOOLS WASHBURN, WISCONSIN

ALLYN and BACON

Boston New York Chicago

COPYRIGHT, 1914, BY TOBIAS O. CHEW.

DAAN

Norwood Press J. S. Cushing Co.—Berwick & Smith Co. Norwood, Mass., U.S.A.

Dedicated

TO THE MANY HIGH SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENTS, PRINCIPALS, AND TEACHERS, WHO BY THEIR COÖPERATION HAVE MADE POSSIBLE THE COMPILATION OF THIS BOOK

PREFACE

What are the words most commonly misspelled by the average high school pupil? In an endeavor to solve this problem, two th ousand letters, with five postal cards in each, were sent to representative high schools in every state in the United States, requesting the heads of the various departments to report the words most commonly misspelled in their classes. From the many thousand replies, this text-book has been compiled.

The first word in Lesson I was sent in by seven hundred high school teachers; the other words in this lesson show, by their order, the frequency with which they appear in the replies. No word has been considered unless suggested by at least two teachers. This book, then, built on th e judgment of those best qualified to know—the teachers themselves—contains only the words most frequently misspelled by the average high school pupil.

A simple phrase is placed after each word, illustrating its use, and serving to identify it better than would a short, abstract definition. The division of words into syllables with accent marks will be ofgreat assistance to thepupil, should

there be any question in his mind as to the correct pronunciation. The typography is based on the idea that it will be a g reat help to the pupil in visualizing the words if he sees them in script as well as in print.

M ARCH , 1914.

T. O. CHEW.

A FEW SIMPLE RULES FOR SPELLING

When the diphthongsei andiepronounced are [=e],c is followed byei, all other letters byie. Examples:ceiling,receive,siege,believe. Exceptions: leisure,seize,weird. The wordslicehelp pupils to remember this rule— will i afterlandeaftercwhen applied tobelieveandreceive.

Finalyfollowing a consonant changes toibefore a suffix not beginning withi. Examples:busy,business;dry,dried. When the suffix begins withi, as in-ing and-ish, theyis retained to avoid having doublei. Examples:try,trying;baby, babyish.

When the finaly follows a vowel, theyretained before a suffix. Examples: is toy,toyed;betray,betrayed;annoy,annoyed.

To form the plural of words ending inyfollowing a consonant change theytoi and addes. Examples:quantity,quantities;factory,factories.

When the finaly follows a vowel, theyretained and is sExamples: added. journey,journeys;delay,delays;money,moneys.

Monosyllables and words accented on the last syllable, which end in a single consonant, following a single vowel, double the final consonant before a suffix beginning with a vowel. Examples:hot,hotter;begin,beginning. Exceptions: (1)gas,gases. (2) The lettersw,x, andy are not doubled. Examples:show, showing;box,boxed;pay,paying.

In words not accented on the last syllable, the final consonant may or may not be doubled. Examples:travelermay be spelledtraveller;canceled,cancelled;

etc.

In words ending in unaccentede, the finale is dropped before a suffix beginning with a vowel. Examples:come,coming;glue,gluing;fine,finer. Exceptions: (1) Theeis retained when it is necessary to preserve the identity of the word, asdyeing,singeing. (2) When the finale is preceded byo, as shoeing,hoeing. (3) Aftercandgwhen the suffix begins withaoro, aspeace, peaceable;outrage,outrageous;courage,courageous.

LESSON 1

{separate}

{receive}

{believe}

{until}

{there}

{their}

{principle}

{principal}

{business}

{parallel}

{disappoint}

{to}

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{too}

{two}

{necessary}

{judgment}

{all right}

{disappear}

{grammar}

{privilege}

{beginning}

{government}

{isosceles}

{laboratory}

{finally}

LESSON 2

{coming}

{seize}

{similarly}

toomany rules two dollars in cash nec´es- sa-ryfood judg´ment of the court all right, I shall come dis-ap- pear´from sight gram´mar of the language priv´i-lege to vote be- gin´ning of the war gov´ern- mentby the people i-sos´ce- les triangle lab´o-ra- to-ryof the chemist fi´nal-lyit ended

com´ing home seizethe opportunity sim´i-lar-ly made

{similar}

{Parliament}

{occasion}

{description}

{writing}

{development}

{homologous}

{precede}

{recommend}

{whether}

{coefficient}

{hypotenuse}

{siege}

{immediately}

{already}

{forty}

{fourth}

sim´i-lar triangles Par´li-a- mentof England oc- ca´sionfor joy de- scrip´tion of the place writ´ing with ink de-vel´op- mentof muscle ho-mol´o- gous figures pre-cede s do ú wn the street rec-om- mend´him for the work wheth´er we go or stay co-ef- fi´cientof the number hy-pot´e- nuseof a triangle siegeof Troy im-me´di- ate-lyafter al-read´y the sun is up for´ty dollars a month fourth

{develop}

{together}

{chord}

{cord}

{village}

LESSON 3

{hypothesis}

{truly}

{accommodate}

{preparation}

{occurrence}

{quiet}

{quite}

{villain}

{vertical}

{February}

house on the street de-vel´op the Kodak film to-geth´er at home chordof a circle cordof wood vil´lage blacksmith

hy-poth´e- sisof a theorem tru´ly yours ac- com´mo- dateyour friends prep-a- ra´tionfor war oc- cur´rence of importance qui´etas a mouse quitea different thing vil´lainin the play ver´ti-cal lines Feb´ru-a- rytwenty- second

{angle}

{angel}

{affect}

{effect}

{balance}

{equation}

{professor}

{stopped}

{lose}

{loose}

{losing}

{complement}

{compliment}

{corollary}

{which}

LESSON 4

{usually}

an´gleof a triangle an´gelin heaven af-fect´ steel by heating it ef-fect´of heat on steel bal´ance the account e-qua´tion in algebra pro- fess´orof Latin stopped by a policeman losethe money loosethe dog's chain los´inghis grip com´ple- mentof an angle com´pli- mentpaid to the lady cor´ol-la- ryof the theorem which man was that

u´su-al-lyhe

{oxygen}

{surprise}

{proceed}

{quit} {appearance}

{quadrilateral}

{quantity}

{received}

{theorem}

{acknowledgment}

{occurred}

{conscience}

{athletics}

{bisector}

{piece} {peace}

{plain}

{plane}

{speech}

{parallelogram}

{chauffeur}

walks to school ox´y-genin the air sur-prise´ party pro-ceed´ with the work quitthe job ap- pear´anceof the man quad-ri- lat´er-al figure quan´ti-tyof sugar re-ceived´ payment the´o-remin geometry ac- knowl´edg- mentof my letter oc-curred´ to him suddenly con´science troubled him ath-let´icsin college bi-sect´orof an angle pieceof pie peaceon earth plain features plane geometry speechin the Senate par-al-lel´o- gramof forces chauf-feur´

{describe}

{fulfil}

{participle}

LESSON 5

{tragedy}

{capital}

{capitol}

{committee}

{perpendicular}

{auxiliary}

{accept}

{except}

{odor}

{Mediterranean}

{polygon}

{superintendent}

{supersede}

was reckless de-scribe´ his features ful-fil´our promise par´ti-ci-ple of the verb

trag´e-dy of Macbeth cap´i-tal city of Texas cap´i-tol building com- mit´tee meetings per-pen- dic´u-lar lines aux-il´i-a- ryverb ac-cept´ my thanks ex-cept´ for this reason o´dorof tobacco Med-i-ter- ra´ne-an Sea pol´y-gon of seven sides su-per-in- tend´ent of schools su-per- sede´the

{always}

{hoping}

{hopping}

{opposite}

{opposition}

{rhombus}

{parentheses}

{straight}

{strait}

{definite}

{gas}

{prejudice}

LESSON 6

{probably}

old laws by new al´ways the same hop´ing all is well hop´ping on one foot op´po- siteside of the street op-po- si´tionto the plan rhom´bus in geometry pa- ren´the- ses enclosed the phrase straight lines of soldiers straitof Bosporus def´i-nite number gaslight is bright prej´u- dice against him

prob´a- blywe shall go