This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1919 edition. Excerpt: ...re, declaring that this form is necessary in order properly to preserve the root of the word. On the other hand, those contending in behalf of er have insisted that the form, on account of its evident simplicity, is in better accord with the genius of our language; especially since no essential of the root is ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1919 edition. Excerpt: ...re, declaring that this form is necessary in order properly to preserve the root of the word. On the other hand, those contending in behalf of er have insisted that the form, on account of its evident simplicity, is in better accord with the genius of our language; especially since no essential of the root is actually lost by the substitution of this ending for the other As in most similar cases, the authorities have been so evenly divided as to justify the ordinary writer in making choice according to his own individual preference. But the present-day tendency is toward simplification where the change does not introduce objectionable novelties. It is this tendency that has set the seal of its approval on the simpler and more rational spelling er, to take the place of the artificial form re. So, we may state the rule: that precedes it. But in English the sound of r comes after the short vowel sound of e, even when the r is written before the e. This inconsistency is avoided by the spelling er. In words having the last syllable variously spelled re or er, the preference should be given to fir. For example, we write theater, instead of theatre. In this spelling, we follow accurately the pronunciation of the word, which is always an advantage, since such correspondence is a valuable aid in preserving unity between the spoken and the written language. The French form of the word, theatre, also, is justified by the same reasoning, for the French pronunciation sounds the r immediately after the t There are very few exceptions to the rule. The only ones of importance have to do with words in which re is retained in order to insure the hard pronunciation of c or g. Were the termination to be written er in such case, the consonantal sound would be...
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