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IN THE FOLLOWING, THE LETTERS ue AT THE END OF THE PRIMITIVE WORD ARE SILENT.
plāgue, vāgue, lēague, brōgue, rōgue, fa-tïgue, vōgue, tȯngue. mŏsque, in-trïgue, o-pāque, ū-nïque, pïque, har-ăngue, ăp-o- lŏgue, căt-a-lŏgue (or catalog), dī-a-lŏgue, ĕc-lŏgue.
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1. Regular verbs form the past time, and participle of the past, by taking, ed, and the participle of the present tense by taking ing; as, called, calling, from call. The letter p. stand for past tense; ppr. for participle of the present tense; and a. for agent.
call, called, call-ing; burn, burned, burn-ing; plow, plowed, plowing; plant, plant-ed, plant-ing; pray, prayed, pray-ing, cloy, cloyed, cloy-ing; jest, jest-ed, jesting; abound, abound-ed, abound-ing; allay, al- layed, al-ly-ing; al-low, al-lowed, al-low-ing; a-void, a- void-ed, a-void-ing; em-ploy, em-ployed, em-ploy-ing; pur-loin, pur-loined, pur-loin-ing; rep-re-sent, rep-re- sent-ed; rep-re-sent-ing; an-noy, an-noy-ed, an-noy-ing.
2. Monosyllablic verbs ending in a single consonant after a single vowel, and other verbs ending in a single conso- nant after a single vowel and accented on the last sylla- ble, double in the final consonant in the derivatives. Thus, abet; p. abetted; ppr. abetting; a. abettor.
a-bet, a-bet-ted, a-bet-ting, a-bet-tor; fret, fret-ted, fret- ting, fret-ter; man, man-ned, man-ning; plan, plan-ned, plan-ning, plan-ner; wed, wed-ded, wed-ding; bar, bar- red, bar-ring, ex-pel, ex-pel-led; re-bel, re-bel-led, re- bel-ler; tre-pan, tre-pan-ned, tre-pan-ning, tre-pan-ner; ab-hor, ab-hor-red, ab-hor-rer; in-cur, in-cur-red, in- cur-ring.
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