 33  hoof: plural usually hoofs, but hooves is commonly found, e.g. The useless tool for horses' hooves (Graham Greene); Listening for Sebastian's retreating hooves (Evelyn Waugh); adjective hoofed or hooved. knife: verb knife. leaf: leaved having leaves (broad- leaved etc.) but leafed as past of leaf (through a book, etc.). life: lifelong lasting a lifetime; livelong (day, etc., poetic: the i is short); the plural of still life is still lifes. oaf: plural oafs. roof: plural roofs. ° Rooves is commonly heard and sometimes written, e.g. Several acres of bright red rooves(George Orwell). Its written use should be avoided. scarf (garment): plural scarves; scarfed wearing a scarf. scarf (joint): plural and verb keep f. sheaf: plural sheaves; verb sheaf or sheave; sheaved made into a sheaf. shelf: plural shelves; shelvy having sandbanks. staff: plural staffs but archaic and musical staves. turf: plural turfs or turves; verb turf; turfy. wharf: plural wharfs or wharves. wolf: wolfish of a wolf. 1.26 -ful suffix =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- The adjectival suffix -ful may require the following changes in spelling: 1. Change of y to i (see "y to i" in topic 1.50). 2. Simplification of -ll (see "l and ll" in topic 1.32). 1.27 hyphens =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- A. Hyphens are used to connect words that are more closely linked to each other than to the surrounding syntax. Unfortunately their use is not 33 |
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