Do not spell it ect.
"Practical Grammar and Composition"
Thomas Wood
It was not by way of being a profitable excursion, if we are to judge by the amount of pleasure Leslie derived from the two hours' spin through the cool, leafy byways of the forest with the obj ect of his heart's desire on the seat beside him.
"The Hollow of Her Hand"
George Barr McCutcheon
Hence there is a harshness, if not an impropriety, in that syllabication which some have recently adopted, wherein they accommodate to the ear the division of such words as maj-es-ty, proj-ect, traj-ect,-eq-ui-ty, liq-ui-date, ex-cheq-uer.
"The Grammar of English Grammars"
Goold Brown
