Wednesday 5 February 2014

624. B. Ph TEXT V – 5 MISSPELLED WORDS



V – 5    MISSPELLED  WORDS

foreign - Here is one of several words that violate the i-before-e rule. (See "believe" above.)

gauge - You must learn to gauge the positioning of the [a] and [u] in this word. Remember,

grateful - You should be grateful to know that keeping "great" out of "grateful" is great.

height - English reaches the height (not heighth!) of absurdity when it spells "height" and "width" so differently.

judgment - Traditionally, the word has been spelled judgment in all forms of the English language. However, the spelling judgement (with e added) largely replaced judgment in

maintenance - The main tenants of this word are "main" and "tenance" even though it comes from the verb "maintain."

millennium - Here is another big word, large enough to hold two double consonants, double [l] and double [n].

neighbor - The word "neighbor" invokes the silent "gh" as well as "ei" sounded as "a" rule. This is fraught with error potential. If you use British spelling, it will cost you another [u]: "neighbour."

pronunciation - Nouns often differ from the verbs they are derived from. This is one of those. In this case, the pronunciation is different, too, an important clue.

rhyme - Actually, "rime" was the correct spelling until 1650. After that, egg-heads began spelling it like "rhythm." Why? No rhyme nor reason other than to make it look like "rhythm."

vacuum - If your head is not a vacuum, remember that the silent [e] on this one married the [u] and joined him inside the word where they are living happily ever since. Well, the evidence is suggestive but not conclusive. Anyway, spell this word with two [u]s and not like "volume."

weather - Whether you like the weather or not, you have to write the [a] after the [e] when you spell it.

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