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Classic Literature • Margaret E. Sangster (1838–1912)

“The years that have gone, they are vanished and fled, / But we never may quite their sad memory shed; / For the words that were hasty, the deeds that were cold, / Are written forever in letters of gold.”

Wheeler's Suffix Mechanics: Practice the Consonant + Y Law with the verb hurry: hurry + -ed → hurried (change y to i); hurry + -ing → hurrying (retain y).

Poetic Recitation Copywork • Margaret E. Sangster • 26px Track

Copy the moral stanza from Sangster neatly:

The years that have gone, they are vanished and fled,

For words that were hasty, and deeds that were cold, are written forever.

Suffix Mechanics Studio • hurry + -ed vs. -ing

Apply the Consonant + Y Law to the base verb hurry:

hurry + -ed → hurried (change y to i before -ed)

hurry + -ing → hurrying (retain y before -ing)

Vocabulary & Suffix Extension

Inflect two companion verbs: carry and marry:

carry → carried, carrying marry → married, marrying

Wheeler's Orthoepic Rules • Consonant + Y Suffixation

1. 1. Change Y to I Before -ed: Because hurry ends in y preceded by consonant r, the y must change to i when adding -ed: hurried.

2. 2. Protection Before -ing: Before the suffix -ing, retain the y intact: hurrying. Writing hurriing is strictly forbidden.

3. 3. The Double R in Hurry: The double rr in hurry protects the short ŭ sound in the accented first syllable (/ˈhʌri/).