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Spelling Rules
Spelling words from www.spelldrome.com/Essentials
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'i' before 'e' except after: | 'c' with the sound of 'eeeee' eg. belief, receive |
when adding 'y' to a word ending in 'e' you: | drop the 'e' before you adding 'y' eg. noise + y = noisy |
when a word ends in 'e', the 'e' is usually kept when: | a suffix beginning with a consonant is added eg. noise + less = noiseless |
when a word ends in 'e', the 'e' is usually dropped when: | a suffix beginning with a vowel is added eg. love + able = lovable |
the prefixes 'dis' and 'mis' never: | drop their 's' even when added to a word beginning with 's' eg. 'dis' + 'ability' = disability, 'dis' + 'satisfied' = dissatisfied |