English Grammar Demystified - A Self Teaching Guide
230 English Grammar Demystifi ed good reason. Some are natural spellers, learning to spell and retaining the spellings very easi ...
CHAPTER 10 Techniques to Improve Spelling^231 Techniques for Improving Spelling Skills If spelling is a problem for you, try a m ...
232 English Grammar Demystifi ed Are you an auditory learner? You learn primarily through listening. You are a focused listener ...
CHAPTER 10 Techniques to Improve Spelling^233 Another peculiarity: We use some letters illogically. The most famous example is g ...
234 English Grammar Demystifi ed that doesn’t work with a print dictionary. For example, you hear praktis,anser, and stor when y ...
CHAPTER 10 Techniques to Improve Spelling^235 ir- il- im- un- possible logical replaceable complicated necessary RULE 2: ADDIN ...
236 English Grammar Demystifi ed RULE 4: SUFFIXES THAT CHANGE THE SPELLING OF WORDS THAT END IN -Y Suffi xes change the spelling ...
CHAPTER 10 Techniques to Improve Spelling^237 refer referred occur occurrence RULE 7: NOT DOUBLING A FINAL CONSONANT BASED ON AC ...
238 English Grammar Demystifi ed RULE 8: I BEFORE E EXCEPT AFTER C believe relief receive niece Exceptions to this rule occur wh ...
CHAPTER 10 Techniques to Improve Spelling^239 Add es to words ending in -s, -sh, -ch, and -x. boss bosses crush crushes church c ...
240 English Grammar Demystifi ed sheep deer Chinese trout Some words form their plurals by irregular changes. child children lea ...
CHAPTER 10 Techniques to Improve Spelling^241 Only one word is spelled with an sede ending: supersede. All other words of this t ...
242 English Grammar Demystifi ed QUIZ Choose the correctly spelled word in each sentence. Your actions were (iresponsible/irres ...
243 CHAPTER 11 Correct Word Usage In this chapter you will learn about: Easily Confused Words: Homonyms, Homophones, and Homogra ...
244 English Grammar Demystifi ed full of words that are easy to confuse. However, knowing the histories of hom- onyms, homophone ...
CHAPTER 11 Correct Word Usage^245 left: opposite of right; departed mead: a drink made from honey; meadow order: arrangement of ...
246 English Grammar Demystifi ed HOMOPHONES As you read earlier, homophones are pronounced the same way but differ in spell- ing ...
CHAPTER 11 Correct Word Usage^247 Written Practice 11-3 Circle the correct homophone in each sentence. If you need help, consult ...
248 English Grammar Demystifi ed Study the following words a few at a time. They are defi ned for you. Whenever you are not sure ...
CHAPTER 11 Correct Word Usage^249 chute (shaft, tube), shoot (fi re a weapon) cite (quote), sight (view, vision), site (location ...
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