1001 Questions and Answers on Orthography and Reading by B. A. Hathaway
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Regular and irregular.
58. _What is a Regular derivative?_ One that is formed by the addition of affixes without changing the letters in the primitive part (except final _e_ silent). 59. _What is an Irregular derivative?_ One in which the letters of the primitive part are changed. 60. _In using Affixes, what rule should be observed?_ The affix and root should be from the same language. 61. _Is the same rule to be observed in forming Compound words?_ It is. 62. _What is a Mongrel compound word?_ One formed contrary to the rule. 63. _Give an example._ Cable-graph and cable-gram. 64. _What are Barbarisms?_ Same as mongrel. 65. _When use the hyphen in Compound words?_ When they are not permanently compounded. 66. _What is an Obsolete word?_ One gone out of date. |
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