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What is the mnemonic for the I before E rule? - ✔✔I before E except after C or when
sounding like A as in neighbor and weigh.
Exceptions to the I Before mnemonic include? - ✔✔caffeine
neither
weird
"He was relieved when he found he wieghed the same after his week-long cruise."
What word is spelled incorrectly in the sentence? Explain/what rule. - ✔✔wieghed
sounds like A, which means I goes AFTER E
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,Drop the final E rule - ✔✔when adding a suffix to a word ending in E, the general rule
is to drop the E if the suffix begins with a vowel, but to keep the E if the suffix begins
with a consonant.
ex: ride + ing= riding
Words that apply to the Drop the final E rule where the suffix beginning in a vowel -
✔✔guide + ance= guideance
hide + ing= hiding
irritate + ing = irritating
Words that ignore the drop the final E rule since the suffix begins with a consonant -
✔✔arrange + ment = arrangement
like + ly = likely
like + ness= likeness
Exceptions to the Drop the E rule - ✔✔due + ly = duly
peace+ able = peaceable
true +ly = truely
"The senators negotiated until an arrangment could be agreed upon."
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, What word is incorrect and why? - ✔✔arrange ends with an E but the suffix -ment
begins with a consonant so the E should not be dropped and the word should become
arrangement
Double the final consonant - ✔✔when adding a suffix to a root that ends in a single
consonant, double the consonant if a single vowel precedes the consonant and the
consonant ends an accented syllable or one-syllable word.
ex: admit + ed = admitted
Using the double the final consonant rule, a word like light would become lighted when
the suffix -ed is added. Why? - ✔✔light does not have a vowel before the consonant T,
which would become lighted when the suffix is added
Which words are correct:
travel+ing= traveling or travelling
cancel+ed= canceled or cancelled
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What is the mnemonic for the I before E rule? - ✔✔I before E except after C or when
sounding like A as in neighbor and weigh.
Exceptions to the I Before mnemonic include? - ✔✔caffeine
neither
weird
"He was relieved when he found he wieghed the same after his week-long cruise."
What word is spelled incorrectly in the sentence? Explain/what rule. - ✔✔wieghed
sounds like A, which means I goes AFTER E
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,Drop the final E rule - ✔✔when adding a suffix to a word ending in E, the general rule
is to drop the E if the suffix begins with a vowel, but to keep the E if the suffix begins
with a consonant.
ex: ride + ing= riding
Words that apply to the Drop the final E rule where the suffix beginning in a vowel -
✔✔guide + ance= guideance
hide + ing= hiding
irritate + ing = irritating
Words that ignore the drop the final E rule since the suffix begins with a consonant -
✔✔arrange + ment = arrangement
like + ly = likely
like + ness= likeness
Exceptions to the Drop the E rule - ✔✔due + ly = duly
peace+ able = peaceable
true +ly = truely
"The senators negotiated until an arrangment could be agreed upon."
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, What word is incorrect and why? - ✔✔arrange ends with an E but the suffix -ment
begins with a consonant so the E should not be dropped and the word should become
arrangement
Double the final consonant - ✔✔when adding a suffix to a root that ends in a single
consonant, double the consonant if a single vowel precedes the consonant and the
consonant ends an accented syllable or one-syllable word.
ex: admit + ed = admitted
Using the double the final consonant rule, a word like light would become lighted when
the suffix -ed is added. Why? - ✔✔light does not have a vowel before the consonant T,
which would become lighted when the suffix is added
Which words are correct:
travel+ing= traveling or travelling
cancel+ed= canceled or cancelled
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