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Tips for Better Spelling
Ten Tips for Better Spelling
1. This may be the best-known spelling rule: i before e, except after c or when sounded like "ay" as in neighbor and weigh Here are some words that follow the rule: IE words: believe, field, relief CEI words: ceiling, deceit, receive EI words: freight, reign, sleigh Some exceptions: either, foreign, height, leisure, protein, weird "CIEN words" are another exception to the rule. These include ancient, efficient, and science. 2. Here's another familiar spelling rule: "Silent e helps a vowel say its name." This means that when a word ends with a vowel followed by a consonant and then silent e, the vowel has a long sound. That's the difference between rate and rat, hide and hid, and cube and cub. 3. Have you heard the expression "When two vowels go walking, the first one does the talking?" This means that when there are two vowels in a row, the first usually has a long sound and the second is silent. That's why it's team, not taem; coat, not caot; and wait, not wiat. Remembering this rule will help you to put vowels in the right order. 4. Learn the basic rules for spelling with plural nouns so that you know whether to use s or es and how to make plurals of nouns that end in y or f. 5. In general, though, memorizing rules isn't the most effective way to learn spelling. Most rules have exceptions—and besides, you are best at learning words that you have made an effort to understand. A good way to understand a word is to break it into syllables. Look for prefixes, suffixes, and roots. Practice each short part and then the whole word. dis-ap-pear-ing tra-di-tion-al After you break apart a word, ask yourself: How is this word like other words I know? Spelling the word traditional may make you think of spelling functional and national. Finding patterns among words is one of the best ways to learn spelling. 6. It's also helpful to try making up a funny memory aids. For example, do you have trouble remembering which has two s's—desert (arid land) or dessert (a sweet treat)? Remember that with dessert, you'd like seconds. Similarly, do you have trouble remembering how to spell separate? Remember that there's a rat in the middle. 7. Another kind of memory aid is to make up a sentence in which the first letter of each word can be used to make the spelling word. The sillier the better—goofy sentences may be easier to remember. chili: cats have interesting little ideas physical: please have your strawberry ice cream and lollipops 8. Make sure that you are pronouncing words correctly. This can help you to avoid some common spelling errors, such as canidate instead of candidate, jewelery instead of jewelry, and libary instead of library. 9. Put together a list of words that you find difficult to spell. Go over your old papers and spelling exams to track down these troublemakers. Once you've got your list in hand, see if some of the tips above will help you. 10. And lastly: Don't rely on electronic spellcheckers! They can miss errors—especially when you have used the wrong word but spelled it correctly. To prove it, we've taken a sentence and messed up all the words. And the spellchecker thinks it's fine. "I might need some new shoes for gym," Harry told our Aunt Ann. "Eye mite knead sum knew shoos four Jim," Hairy tolled hour Ant an. Frequently Misspelled Words absence address advice all right arctic beginning believe bicycle broccoli bureau calendar camaraderie ceiling cemetery changeable conscientious conscious decease deceive definite descent desperate device disastrous ecstasy embarrass exercise fascinate February fiery fluorescent foreign government grateful guarantee harass height humorous independent jealous jewelry judgment ketchup knowledge leisure library license maintenance mathematics mediocre millennium miniature miscellaneous mischievous misspell mysterious necessary neighbor nuclear occasion occurrence odyssey piece pigeon playwright precede prejudice privilege pumpkin raspberry receive rhythm sacrilegious science scissors separate sincerely special thorough through truly until Wednesday weird you're |
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well spelling ki bat hoo rehhee to hum b kuch arz keree...where ever there is "q " in the word ... us k bad hemeesha 2 vowels ayee ghy ... i have seen only one exception so far ...... jis word me "q" k bat 1 vowel ata hoo .....try to figure it out ?
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Sir, it is neither a matter of dare nor an immediate reply was required! Your post had been seen at morning but was not replied to becuase of some assignements. To cut short, as per grammer, 'q' is to be followed by a vowel i.e. 'u'. However, 'q' is often followed by two vowels with few exceptions.
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@ Nankana
I think there is no word in english which has 1 vowel after Q but we have some words in arabic has 1 vowel after Q such as Qaf . Qwerty is a word which has 1 vowel after Q but it is not too familiar. Calm down bro , Our veteran member will answer u soon
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well Mr Attitude......ur tone most of the time is offensive i am sorry to say that but that is what it looks to me any way the word is.............\]
:Soliloquy:................affter q there is one vowel
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@ Nankana
Thanks for compliment , I really like it . Anyways It was a good question Let me throw another question. Which word has one Q and rest 4 alphabets are vowels.
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@ sureshlasi
hmmm...........let me think.........hmmm(again).........i think its "queue"
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mr. attitude .......yea it is compliment .....but it is left handed cmpliment....so ur a nice person .this is earnestly a compliment
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@ Wounded healer
U r right baber . @ Nankana My tone is not always offensive but ur fiery remarks ceorce to alter my amicable manner. I have tried enough to curb myself against your above statment but i think ur arrogance is exceeded only by our abysmal ignorance.
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hello friends
i am totally new in this field and want some guidenss i hope for positive reply thnks |
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