Spelling Direction
Spelling Direction
English is one of the richest languages in the world. Its vocabulary is also enviously rich. It has so many words which almost pronounce the same with the other word though they differ in spelling and meaning. After much analytical study of English words, some rules have been laid down as spelling directions to new learners. Mind them as given below:
(Spelling Direction)
1. Words of one syllable ending in-l with a single vowel before it have -ll at the end, as:
still, fill, pill, mill, kill, well, tell, tall, pull, stall etc.
2. Words of one syllable ending in-l with a double vowel before it have only one -l at the end, as:
tail, weal, feel, pool, seal, appeal, stool, peel, steal, steel etc.
3. Words of one syllable ending in -l drop the final -l when they are used as suffixes, as:
joyful, painful, enrol, hopeful, fulfil etc.
Note: There are some exceptions as:
rainfall, downfall, farewell, unwell, getwell, freewill.
4. Words of one syllable ending in a consonant with a single vowel before it doubles the consonant before a suffix beginning with a vowel letter, as:
win ___ winner
lug ___ luggage
bag ___ baggage
drop ___ dropped
ship ___ shipping
sad ___ saddest
sun ___ sunny
beg ___ beggar
slam ___ slammed
hid ___ hidden
bag ___ baggage
Note: There are some exceptions, as- gases, buses.
5. If a word ending in a consonant and it is stressed to the last syllable then the last consonant becomes double when it is made past, past participle or -ing is added to it. as:
refer ___ referring
begin ___ beginning   Â
permit ___ permitted
control ___ controlling
occur ___ occurring
confer ___ conferring
compel ___ compelling
upset ___ upsetting.
6. The consonant ‘l is usually doubled even when the stress does not fall in the last syllable:
signal ___ signalling
jewel ___ jeweller
travel ___ traveller
7. The final -e is droped in some words (especially verb) when a suffix is added that begins with a vowel, as:
hope ___ hoping
come ___ coming
give ___ giving
leave ___ leaving
take ___ taking
move ___ movable
cure ___ curable.
8. The final -e is dropped in some words (especially verb) when a suffix is added that begins with a vowel, as:
hope ___ hoping
come ___ coming
give ___ giving
leave ___ leaving
take ___ taking
move ___ movable
cure ___ curableÂ
9. The final -e is retained before a suffix beginning with a consonant, as:
care ___ careful
incite ___ incitement
hope ___ hopeful
engage ___ engagement
10. words ending in -ge retain the -e before a suffix beginning with -a, -o, -e, as::
courage___ courageous
marriage ___ marrying
marriage ___ marriageable
11. If the -y is preceded by a vowel in some words, the final -y is retained before any suffix, as:
boy ___ boyhood/boyish
pay ___ payment/payable
pray ___ prayed/prayer
joy ___ joyful/joyous.
12. In forming plural or adding the ending of the Third Person Singular of the Present Indefinite Tense, then:
(a) The -y preceded by a consonant changes to -i and adds -es:
dry ___ dries
story ___ stories
cry ___ cries
(b) The -y preceded by a vowel remains unchanged and adds -s:
key ___ keys
buy ___ buys
way ___ ways
12. The final -y of a word changes to -i before any ending except if it is preceded by a consonant, as:
glory ___ glorious
fury ___ furious
happy ___ happily
hurry ___ hurried
13. When the suffix -full is added to a word the final -l is dropped, as:
thought ___ thoughtful
beauty ___ beautiful
bounty ___ bountiful
joy ___ joyful. 0 0 0
(Spelling Direction)
N.B. Â The article ‘Spelling Direction’ originally belongs to the book ‘School English Grammar Part- II‘ by Menonim Menonimus.
Books of Composition by M. Menonimus:
- Advertisement Writing
- Amplification Writing
- Note Making
- Paragraph Writing
- Notice Writing
- Passage Comprehension
- The Art of Poster Writing
- The Art of Letter Writing
- Report Writing
- Story Writing
- Substance Writing
- School Essays Part-I
- School Essays Part-II
- School English Grammar Part-I
- School English Grammar Part-II..
Books on Linguistics by M. Menonimus:
- A Brief History of the English Language
- Essays on Linguistics
- My Imageries
- Felicitous Expression: Some Examples
- Learners’ English Dictionary
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