Some Spelling Rules

Some Spelling Rules

Some Spelling Rules

1. āĻāĻ• syllable āĻŦāĻŋāĻļāĻŋāĻˇā§āϟ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻļ⧇āώ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ vowel + āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ consonant, āĻāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āϞ⧇ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĒāϰ⧇ vowel āĻĻāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻšāĻ“ā§ŸāĻž suffix (ed, er, ing, est etc) āϝ⧋āĻ— āĻšāϞ⧇ āĻļ⧇āώ consonant āϟāĻŋ āĻĻ⧁āϟāĻŋ āĻšā§Ÿā§‡ āϝāĻžā§Ÿ|

Beg + ed = begged, Rob + er= robber

Run + ing = running, Sad + est = saddest.

But: Wish + ed = wished (two consonants)

Fear + ing + fearing (two vowels)

2. āĻĻ⧁āχ āĻŦāĻž āϤāϤ⧋āϧāĻŋāĻ• syllable āĻŦāĻŋāĻļāĻŋāĻˇā§āϟ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ⧇āϰ āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āĻļ⧇āώ syllable āϟāĻŋ āĻœā§‹āϰ āĻĻāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āωāĻšā§āϚāĻžāϰāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻļ⧇āώ āĻ…āĻ•ā§āώāϰāϟāĻŋ āĻĻ⧁āϟāĻŋ āĻšāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤

Begin + ing = beginning

Occur + ed = occurred

Permit + ed = permitted

Control + er =controller

3. āĻļ⧇āώ syllable āϟāĻŋ āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āĻœā§‹āϰ āĻĻāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āωāĻšā§āϚāĻžāϰāĻŖāϰāĻŋāϤ āύāĻž āĻšāϞ⧇ consonant āϟāĻŋ āĻĻ⧁āϟāĻŋ āĻšāĻŦ⧇ āύāĻžāĨ¤

Benefit + ed = benefited

Suffer + ing = suffering

Exception: worship, kidnap, handicap

Worship + ed = worshipped

Handicap + ed = handicapped

Kidnap + er = kidnapper

4. British English āĻ āĻļ⧇āώ syllable āĻ āĻœā§‹āϰ āĻĻāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āωāĻšā§āϚāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āύāĻž āĻšāϞ⧇āĻ“ L āĻ…āĻ•ā§āώāϰāϟāĻŋ āĻĻ⧁āϟāĻŋ āĻšā§Ÿā§‡ āϝāĻžā§ŸāĨ¤

Quarrel + ed = quarrelled 

Signal + ing = signalling

Travel + er = traveller   Distil + er = distiller

Exception: Parallel + ed = paralleled

5. British English āĻ āϝ⧇ āϏāĻŦ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻļ⧇āώ⧇ ll āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇, āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻļ⧇āώ⧇ full āϝ⧋āĻ— āĻšāϞ⧇ āĻŽā§‚āϞ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ l āĻŦāĻžāĻĻ āϝāĻžā§ŸāĨ¤

Skill + full = skilful  Will + full = skilful

6. āϕ⧋āύ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻļ⧇āώ⧇ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻšā§āϚāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ e āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āϞ⧇, vowel āĻĻāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻšāĻ“ā§ŸāĻž suffix āϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤ āĻšāĻŦāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽā§Ÿā§‡ āϐ e āĻŦāĻžāĻĻ āϝāĻžā§ŸāĨ¤

Live + ing = living   Move + ing = moving

Hope + ing = hoping   Drive + ing = driving

7. consonant āĻĻāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻšāĻ“ā§ŸāĻž suffix āϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤ āĻšāϞ⧇ e āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇āĨ¤

Hope + ful = hopeful

Engage + ment = engagement

Exception:

True + ly = truly   Whole + ly = wholly

Due + ly = duly   Nine + th = ninth

Awe + ful = awful

8. āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻļ⧇āώ⧇ ce āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ ge āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āϞ⧇ able āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ ous āϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤ āĻšāϞ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļ⧇āώ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļ⧇āώ āĻ•ā§āώ⧇āĻ¤ā§āϰ⧇ e āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āϝāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇āĨ¤

Notice + able = noticeable

Peace + able = peaceable

Change + able = changeable

Courage + ous = courageous

9. āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻļ⧇āώ⧇ ce āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ ge āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻž āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ⧇āϰ c āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ g āϕ⧋āĻŽāϞ āωāĻšā§āϚāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻšāϞ⧇, āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻŽāĻŋāĻļā§āϰāĻŖ āĻā§œāĻžāϤ⧇ e āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āϝāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇āĨ¤ 

Singe + ing = singeing

[ singing āĻāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻŽāĻŋāĻļā§āϰāĻŖ āĻā§œāĻžāϤ⧇āĨ¤]

Swinge + ing = swingeing

[ swinging āĻāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻŽāĻŋāĻļā§āϰāĻŖ āĻā§œāĻžāϤ⧇āĨ¤]

10. āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻļ⧇āώ⧇ ee āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āϞ⧇ e āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āϝāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇āĨ¤

See + ing = seeing    Agree + ment = agreement

11. āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻļ⧇āώ⧇ ie āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āϞ⧇ ing āϝ⧋āĻ— āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽā§Ÿ āϤāĻž y āĻšā§Ÿā§‡ āϝāĻžā§ŸāĨ¤

Die + ing = dying   Tie + ing = tying

Lie + ing = lying

12. āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻļ⧇āώ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ consonant + y āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āϞ⧇ y āϟāĻŋ i āĻšā§Ÿā§‡ āϝāĻžā§ŸāĨ¤ [ ing āĻāϰ āĻŦ⧇āϞāĻžāϝ āύ⧟āĨ¤]

Happy + ly = happily    Carry + ed = carried

Beauty + ful = beautiful

Marry + age = marriage

But:

Carry + ing = carrying

Marry + ing = marrying

13. āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻļ⧇āώ⧇ vowel + y āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āϞ⧇ y āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āϝāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇āĨ¤

Pray + ed = prayed   Play + er = player

Exception:

Pay + ed = paid   Day + ly = daily

Say + ed = said   Gay + ly = gaily

Lay + ed = laid

14. ie āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ ei āϝāĻ–āύ āψ ( ee  in jeep ) āĻāϰ āĻŽāϤ āωāĻšā§āϚāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻšā§Ÿ, āϤāĻ–āύ c āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧇ āĻŦā§āϝāϤ⧀āϤ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϝāĻ•ā§āώ⧇āĻ¤ā§āϰ⧇ i āϟāĻŋ āφāϗ⧇ āφāϏ⧇āĨ¤Believe, relieve, grieve, yield, and field

After C: Receive, receipt, deceit, conceive, achieve, and conceive

Exception:

Seize, protein, counterfeit, wired, surfeit.