{"id":106,"date":"2017-09-04T06:26:06","date_gmt":"2017-09-04T06:26:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/americanboard.org\/Subjects\/english\/?page_id=106"},"modified":"2017-09-21T15:04:10","modified_gmt":"2017-09-21T15:04:10","slug":"spelling","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/americanboard.org\/Subjects\/english\/spelling\/","title":{"rendered":"Spelling"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"twelve columns\" style=\"margin-top: 10%;\">\n<div class=\"advance\"><a class=\"button button-primary\" href=\"http:\/\/americanboard.org\/Subjects\/english\/abbreviations\">\u2b05 Previous Lesson<\/a>\u00a0<a class=\"button\" href=\"http:\/\/americanboard.org\/Subjects\/english\/standard-english-language-conventions\">Workshop Index<\/a>\u00a0<a class=\"button button-primary\" href=\"http:\/\/americanboard.org\/Subjects\/english\/syntax\">Next Lesson \u27a1<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- CONTENT BEGINS HERE --><\/p>\n<h1 id=\"title\">Spelling<\/h1>\n<h4>Objective<\/h4>\n<p>In this lesson, we\u2019ll review spelling rules and common spelling mistakes.<\/p>\n<h4>Previously Covered:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>In the previous lesson we discusses common abbreviations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Stories abound about people who, at the wrong place and time, misspelled a word with dramatic results. Sometimes, an important person looks silly, and sometimes, a comical misunderstanding takes place. Perhaps because spelling is relatively straightforward when compared to other writing conventions, readers and onlookers love to point out spelling mistakes.<\/p>\n<h4>Spell Check and the Dictionary<\/h4>\n<p>Perhaps the most useful spelling rule is the reminder to use spell check on your word processing software. Although it won\u2019t catch misplaced words (such as baked instead of biked), spell-check programs will find many obvious misspellings.<\/p>\n<p>Also, explore the spelling and grammar check options for your word processing software. Many programs allow you to make various choices about how they work: automatically correcting misspelled words, automatically capitalizing the first word in a sentence, and overlooking words containing numbers are three choices that many programs allow you to make.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to word processing spell checkers, remember the old fashioned spell checker: the dictionary.<\/p>\n<h4>Spelling Rules<\/h4>\n<p>Like capitalization rules, spelling rules have plenty of exceptions and gray areas. Here are a few of the rules that you and your students may have learned. Rules and memory devices aside, spelling is usually right or wrong, so check the dictionary for the final ruling.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>I<\/strong> before <strong>e<\/strong> except after <strong>c <\/strong>or when it sounds like <strong>a<\/strong> as in neighbor or weigh.<\/p>\n<table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"10\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"white_lesson_header\" colspan=\"3\" valign=\"top\">\n<div align=\"center\">\n<h4><em>I<\/em> Before <em>E<\/em> Spelling Rule<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"163\">\n<p class=\"lesson_subhead\"><strong><em>i<\/em> before <em>e<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"150\">\n<p class=\"lesson_subhead\"><strong>except after <em>c<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"186\">\n<p class=\"lesson_subhead\"><strong>except when it sounds like <em>a<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"163\">pier<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"150\">perceive<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"186\">eight<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"163\">grief<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"150\">ceiling<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"186\">freight<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"163\">piece<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"150\">receive<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"186\">surveillance<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"163\">convenient<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"150\">deceive<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"186\">veil<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Exceptions to the \u201ci before e\u201d rule include the following words:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>science<\/p>\n<p>seize<\/p>\n<p>weird<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>U follows q, except in some abbreviations (such as qt. for quart), a few proper nouns, and some foreign words.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>quarter<\/p>\n<p>quiet<\/p>\n<p>quaint<\/p>\n<p>equator<\/p>\n<p>acquaintance<\/p>\n<p>daiquiri<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h4>Common Spelling Mistakes<\/h4>\n<p><abbr title=\" Homophones - From Greek homo 'same' and phonos 'sound,' words with the same sound but different spellings and meanings\"><strong>Homophones<\/strong><\/abbr> or <abbr title=\"Homonyms \u2013 1. Two or more words that sound alike but have different spellings and meanings 2. Two or more words that are spelled and pronounced the same but differ in meaning \"><strong>homonyms<\/strong><\/abbr> are words that sound alike but have different spellings and meanings. Here are just a few homophones to note. Notice that very common words, including pronouns, show up regularly on this list.<\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"10\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"50\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"124\">accept, except<\/td>\n<td width=\"136\">anyone, any one<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"50\"><\/td>\n<td>capital, capitol<\/td>\n<td>its, it\u2019s<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"50\"><\/td>\n<td>straight, strait<\/td>\n<td>than, then<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"50\"><\/td>\n<td>their, there, they\u2019re<\/td>\n<td>to, too, two<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"50\"><\/td>\n<td>who\u2019s, whose<\/td>\n<td>your, you\u2019re<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Other spelling obstacles include the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Double letters in words such as <em>recommend<\/em> and <em>indeed<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Slightly different spellings for different versions of English, such as theater (American English) and theatre (British English)<\/li>\n<li>Two acceptable spellings for the same word. Check the dictionary if you have a question.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Finally, here\u2019s a brief list of commonly misspelled words<\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"10\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"50\"><\/td>\n<td>absence<\/td>\n<td>accommodate<\/td>\n<td>achievement<\/td>\n<td>acquaintance<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"50\"><\/td>\n<td>address<\/td>\n<td>aggravate<\/td>\n<td>attendance<\/td>\n<td>basically<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"50\"><\/td>\n<td>commitment<\/td>\n<td>committee<\/td>\n<td>conscience<\/td>\n<td>exaggerated<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"50\"><\/td>\n<td>fascinate<\/td>\n<td>guidance<\/td>\n<td>harass<\/td>\n<td>illiterate<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"50\"><\/td>\n<td>indispensable<\/td>\n<td>loneliness<\/td>\n<td>mischievous<\/td>\n<td>noticeable<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"50\"><\/td>\n<td>occasionally<\/td>\n<td>picnicking<\/td>\n<td>proceed<\/td>\n<td>regard<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"50\"><\/td>\n<td>rhythm<\/td>\n<td>seize<\/td>\n<td>vengeance<\/td>\n<td>writing<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><!-- CONTENT ENDS HERE --><\/p>\n<div class=\"advance\"><a class=\"button button-primary\" href=\"http:\/\/americanboard.org\/Subjects\/english\/abbreviations\">\u2b05 Previous Lesson<\/a>\u00a0<a class=\"button\" href=\"http:\/\/americanboard.org\/Subjects\/english\/standard-english-language-conventions\">Workshop Index<\/a>\u00a0<a class=\"button button-primary\" href=\"http:\/\/americanboard.org\/Subjects\/english\/syntax\">Next Lesson \u27a1<\/a><\/div>\n<p><a class=\"backtotop\" href=\"#title\">Back to Top<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2b05 Previous Lesson\u00a0Workshop Index\u00a0Next Lesson \u27a1 Spelling Objective In this lesson, we\u2019ll review spelling rules and common spelling mistakes. Previously Covered: In the previous lesson we discusses common abbreviations. Stories abound about people who, at the wrong place and time, misspelled a word with dramatic results. 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