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If y is preceded by a consonant, change y to i and add es .

Final Y. If y is preceded by a consonant, change y to i and add es. company companies industry industries. Final Y. If y is preceded by a vowel, leave the y and just add s. attorney attorneys day days. Ei and Ie Words. Use i before e Except after c

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If y is preceded by a consonant, change y to i and add es .

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  1. Final Y • If y is preceded by a consonant, change y to i and add es. company companies industry industries

  2. Final Y • If y is preceded by a vowel, leave the y and just add s. attorney attorneys day days

  3. Ei and Ie Words Use i before e Except after c Or when sounded like ay As in neighbor or weigh.

  4. Ei and Ie Words ie: believe, relief, relieve ei: receive, perceive, conceive • Exceptions (ei as long e sound): • caffeine, foreign, height

  5. Endings Ful, Ous, Ally, Ily • The suffix ful has only one l: • careful, skillful • An adjective ending with the “us” sound is spelled ous: • obvious, previous

  6. Endings Ful, Ous, Ally, Ily • The ending ally has two l’s: • basically, finally • The ending ily has one l: • busily, hastily

  7. Doubling a Final Consonant Words of one syllable • If the vowel sound is long, do not double the final consonant. hope, hoping tape, taping

  8. Doubling a Final Consonant Words of one syllable • If the vowel sound is short, double the final consonant (unless the word ends in w). plan, planning map, mapping

  9. Doubling a Final Consonant Words of more than one syllable • Double the final consonant if the last syllable of the base word is accented, if the vowel sound in the last syllable is short, and if the suffix to be added begins with a vowel. equip equipped, equipping occur occurred, occurring

  10. Dictionary Alert Word beginnings that sound alike per, pur: ser, sur: permanent, personal service, serenity purchase, purpose surplus, surprise

  11. Dictionary Alert Word endings that sound alike ant, ance, ent, ence: accountant, maintenance, silent, existence

  12. Dictionary Alert Word endings that sound alike able, ible, ability, ibility: movable, collectible, predictability, credibility

  13. Dictionary Alert Word endings that sound alike tion, sion, cian, tian, sian, cion, xion: ambition, profession, technician cious, tious, xious: conscious, anxious

  14. Dictionary Alert Word endings that sound alike cial, tial: beneficial, essential cient, tient: efficient, impatient

  15. Dictionary Alert Word endings that sound alike ize, ise, yze: realize, advertise cal, cle: technical, particle

  16. Dictionary Alert Word endings that sound alike ar, ary, er, ery, or, ory: calendar, stationary, customer, stationery, debtor, advisory

  17. End of Section 8.2

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