55 * acre * euchre * lucre amphitheatre fibre lustre * cadre goitre manoeuvre calibre litre * massacre * meagre ochre sepulchre * mediocre * ogre sombre metre (note meter philtre sceptre the measuring reconnoitre theatre device) sabre titre mitre spectre * wiseacre nitre ° All but those marked * are spelt with -er in Amer. English. 1.42 re- prefix =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- This prefix is followed by a hyphen: 1. Before another e, e.g. re-echo, re-entry. 2. So as to distinguish the compound so formed from the more familiar identically spelt word written solid, e.g. re-cover (put new cover on): recover re-form (form again): reform re-sign (sign again): resign 1.43 silent final consonants =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Words borrowed from French having silent final consonants give difficulty when inflexions are added to them: A. In the plural: see "plural formation" in topic 1.39. B. In the possessive: see "possessive case" in topic 1.40. C. With verbal inflexions: see "dropping of silent -e" in topic 1.17. 1.44 -s suffix =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- A. As the inflexion of the plural of nouns: see plural formation. B. As the inflexion of the third person singular present indicative of 55
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