January 1912.

CONTENTS

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Some Words ending in -able[9]
Some Words ending in -ible[11]
Some Words ending in -ise or -ize[12]
Some Alternative or Difficult Spellings, arranged in alphabetical order[15]
Some Words ending in -ment[24]
Hyphened and non-hyphened Words[25]
Doubling Consonants with Suffixes[29]
Formation of Plurals in Words of Foreign Origin[31]
Errata, Erratum[33]
Plurals of Nouns ending in -o[34]
Foreign Words and Phrases, when to be set in Roman and when in Italic[35]
Spellings of Fifteenth to Seventeenth Century Writers[38]
Phonetic Spellings[38]
A or An[39]
O and Oh[39]
Nor and Or[40]
Vowel-ligatures (Æ and Œ)[41]
Contractions[41]
Poetry: Words ending in -ed, -èd, &c.[45]
Capital Letters[46]
Lower-case Initials[47]
Small Capitals[47]
Special Signs or Symbols[48]
Spacing[49]
Italic Type[50]
References to Authorities[52]
Division of Words—English, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish[53]
Punctuation[55]
Figures and Numerals[68]
Appendix I}[71]
Possessive Case of Proper Names
By Sir J. A. H. Murray
Appendix II}[73]
Works in the French Language
Appendix III}[88]
Works in the German Language
Appendix IV}[95]
Division of Latin Words
By Prof. Robinson Ellis
Appendix V}[97]
Division of Greek Words
By Mr. H. Stuart Jones
Marks used in the Correction of Proofs[98]
Some English Names of Types[100]
GENERAL INDEX[103]

RULES FOR SETTING UP
ENGLISH WORKS[1]

SOME WORDS ENDING IN -ABLE

Words ending in silent e generally lose the e when -able is added, as—