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1、Atitsbest,Englishspellingcanbeperplexing,especiallyfornon-nativespeakersandwriters.Thefollowingrulesandsuggestionsareofferedasaids.Youwillalwaysbeabletofindexceptionstotheserules,butmostwritersfindthemhelpful.ibeforee,exceptafterc....achieve,believe,
2、bier,brief,hygiene,grief,thief,friend,grieve,chief,fiend,patience,pierce,priestceiling,conceive,deceive,perceive,receipt,receive,deceit,conceit...andinwordsthatrhymewithhay...neighbor,freight,beige,sleigh,weight,vein,andweigh...andsomeotherexceptions
3、....either,neither,feint,foreign,forfeit,height,leisure,weird,seizeAfinalychangestoiwhenanendingisadded.supplybecomessuppliesworrybecomesworriedmerrybecomesmerrier...exceptwhenthatendingis-ing...crying,studying...Andwhentheyisprecededbyavowel....obey
4、ed,sayingAsilenteisdroppedwhenaddinganendingthatbeginswithavowel...advance+-ing=advancingsurprise+-ing=surprising...butkeptwhentheendingbeginswithaconsonant...advancement,likeness...unlesstheeisprecededbyavowel....argue+-ment=argumenttrue+-ly=trulyAd
5、dingaprefixseldomchangesthespellingofaword.misspelledunnecessarydissatisfieddisinterestedmisinformWeformpluralsinEnglishbyadding-sor-es.shoesporchesboxesbushesblitzesForwordsendinginaconsonantplus-y,changethe-yto-iandadd-es.Forpropernouns,keepthe-y.t
6、oyscompaniesKennedysWhenaddinganendingtoawordthatendsinaconsonant,wedoublethatconsonantwhentheendingbeginswithavowelandthelastsyllableofthewordisaccentedandthatsyllableendsinasinglevowelfollowedbyasingleconsonant.Nowthat’samouthful!Let’slookatsomeexa
7、mples....ADMIT+-ed=ADMITTEDWhenaddinganendingtoawordthatendsinaconsonant,wedoublethatconsonantwhentheendingbeginswithavowelandthelastsyllableofthewordisaccentedandthatsyllableendsinasinglevowelfollowedbyasingleconsonant.ADMITisaccentedonthelastsyllab
8、leandthefinalconsonantisprecededbyavowel,sowedoublethetbeforeadding,forinstance,an-ingor-ed:admitting,admitted.FLAP+-ed=FLAPPEDWhenaddinganendingtoawordthatendsinaconsonant,wedoublethatconsonantwhentheendingbeginswithavowelandthelastsyllableoftheword
