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1
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Exceptions for I before e

A

Caffeine neither, weird

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2
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Rules for I before e

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I comes before e except after or when sounding like a

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3
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Drop e when

A

Adding a suffix if it begins with a vowel

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4
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Drop the e exceptions

A

Duly, peaceable truly

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5
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Double final consonant

A

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.

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6
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Do not double consonant

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looping, lighted, visit

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7
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Exceptions to doubling final consonant

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traveling/ travelling, canceled/ cancelled

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words ending in -ch, -s, -sh, -x, -z

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add -es to end

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9
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words ending in -f or -fe

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change f to v and add -es

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10
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exceptions to plurals

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proofs (proof + s), roofs (roof + s), chiefs (chief + s)

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11
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homophones

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words spelt differently, but make same noise

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12
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homographs

A

words spelt same with different meanings

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13
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simple sentence

A

has one independent clause

subject, predicate, verb, and modifiers

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14
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compound sentence

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2 independent clauses

has coordinating conjunction

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15
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Change y to i

A

add suffix to word ending in y preceded by a consonant, unless suffix begins with i

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16
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consonant before y

A

change y to i

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17
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vowel before y

A

keep y

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18
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suffix begins with i

A

keep y

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19
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Exceptions to change y to i

A

memorize (memory + ize), daily (day + ly)

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20
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simple plurals

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add just an s to end

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21
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complex sentence

A

independent clause and dependent clause with a subordinating conjunction

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22
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compound complex

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2 x independent clauses and 1 or more dependent clause

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23
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predicate

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explains what subject does/ is like

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24
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progressive tense

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incomplete/currently happening

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25
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perfect tense

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completed

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26
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formal language style

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longer sentences, 3rd person (who, what, where, when, why, how)

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27
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formal language tone

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serious and neutral

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28
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formal language register

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formal vocab

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29
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informal language style

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first/second person

30
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informal language tone

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ironic, satirical, humerous

31
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informal language register

A

slang, colloquialisms

32
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when to use hyphenations

A

before proper noun/adjective
self-, ex-, and all-
when it adds clarity

33
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a-

A

not

34
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anti-

A

against/opposite

35
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dys-

A

ill, bad

36
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hyper-

A

a lot, too much

37
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hypo-

A

a little, not enough

38
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inter-

A

between, among

39
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intra-

A

within

40
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mid-

A

middle

41
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pre-

A

before

42
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non-

A

not

43
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sub-

A

under, below

44
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super-

A

above, beyond

45
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supra-

A

above

46
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un-

A

not

47
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-s, -es, -it’s

A

Plurals

48
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-Ed

A

Last tense

49
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-ing

A

Progressive/continuous

50
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-er

A

Comparative

51
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-ate

A

Superlative

52
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-tion, -ation

A

Indicating an acting, state, or condition

53
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-ful

A

Full of

54
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-ic

A

Having the characteristic of

55
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-less

A

Without

56
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-ness

A

Indicating state, condition, or quality

57
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-logy, -ology

A

Branch of knowledge or science

58
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-ous

A

Full of

59
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-ise-ize

A

Changes noun to verb

60
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-ly

A

Changes adjective to verb

61
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-ly

A

Changes adjective to adverb

62
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-able, -ible

A

Changes verb to adjective

63
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-like

A

Changes noun to adjective

64
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-ist

A

Class-maintaining, retained in a noun

65
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Noun

A

A person, place, thing, or idea

66
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Pronoun

A

A word that takes place of noun

67
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Verb

A

An action word

68
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Adjective

A

A word that describes a noun

69
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Adverb

A

A word that modified a verb, an adjective, or another adverb

70
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Preposition

A

A word that shows the relationship to a noun or pronoun to another word

71
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Conjunction

A

A word that joins two phrases or sentences

72
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Interjections

A

A word that expresses emotion

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