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164 SPELLING

Irregular word spellings SEE ALSO

134–135 Syllables
138–139 Understanding English
SOME SPELLINGS DON’T FOLLOW ANY RULES.  irregularities
 156–157 The “i before e except after c” rule
The only way to remember irregular spellings is to
learn them. However, there are ways to do this that
are more fun than just staring at the words.

Weird words
Some words are difficult to spell because they are not spelled • One way to learn a spelling is to put up reminders
like they sound. For example, said rhymes with led and fed everywhere. Write the troublesome word in large letters,
but is spelled very differently. Other irregular spellings are and then put it on the wall or anywhere around the house
tricky because they go against common rules. For example, the where it will be seen throughout the day.
word foreign does not follow the “i before e except after c” rule.

E
A Egypt
L
accidentally embarrassed lawyer S
again enough leopard school
archaeology especially soldier
asthma M liaison
F straight
B fluorescent mischievous surprise
beautiful foreign N
because nuisance T
forty G
beginning geography Tuesday
beige O tomorrow
C graffiti ocean tongue
circuit guarantee P twelfth
conscience particularly
V
cough people
H vicious
country pharaoh
height
psychology W
D
J
definitely jeopardy R weird
disappear raspberry Y
disguise jewel K restaurant yacht
does knee rhythm young
rough