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quotations 109, 193 negative sentences 48, 80 suffix rules 148–151, 153, 155
added or changed text in pace, change of 184 155 T
brackets 114, 115 positive sentences 81, 200 techniques for spelling 165 tables 206
to begin a text or a speech rules for forming 235 word endings (not suffixes) tautology 27, 245
188, 226 topic sentences 189 152–153 telegrams 95
capital letters 158 word groups 19 split infinitives 39 television 191
ellipses 95 word order 18, 19, 38 spoken language 12, 13, tenses 42–45
introducing quotations 97, see also main clauses 222–229 continuous tenses 45
103, 193 settings 213, 217 debates 224, 225 first person 42, 43
newspaper articles 199 sic 115 presentations 116–117, narratives 212, 218
pull quotes 195 signs 54, 111 228–229 future
sources 186, 193, 203, 247 simile 85, 209 role plays 225 continuous tense 45, 46
QWERTY keyboard 126 slang 86, 87, 183, 191, 215, speeches 226–227 perfect tense 44
222 sports commentary 185 simple tense 43, 233
slashes 120, 121 see also speech past 88, 177
R slogans 227 squinting modifiers 77 continuous tense 45
sounding out letters 165 statements 68, 81, 94, 189
reading, commenting and exclamations 113 perfect tense 44
comparing 192–193 accents, regional 161 statistics 186, 188, 203 simple tense 43, 51
real-life stories 202, 210–211 consonants 132–133 226, 243 perfect tenses 44, 46
re-creations 218–219 double 154, 155 graphs and diagrams 195 present 88
references hard and soft sounds subheadings 194, 195, 197 continuous tense 45
Bible references 103 144–145, 151 Web 214, 215 perfect tense 44
cross-references 186 homographs 167 subject matter simple tense 43
as evidence 193, 207, 226 homonyms 166 audience 191, 207 second person 42, 43
page references 115, 119 homophones 167 newspaper articles 198 third person 42, 43, 44
relative clauses 67, 82–83 silent letters 160–161 subjects 38, 52 analysis 206
repetition 12, 199, 203, 227 vowels 130–131, 134, 243 in clauses 66, 68, 69 indirect speech 88
research 186, 187 i before e 157 compound subjects 53 narratives 212, 218
restrictive clauses 83 short vowels 154 omitting 71 subjunctive mood 55
reviewing text 220–221 sources 186, 203, 247 and voices 54 text messages 183
reviews 207 speech subordinate clauses 59, 66, 72 that or which? 78, 83
rhetorical devices 203 direct 88, 89, 97, 108–109, placement of 73, 74, 75, 77 themes 210
root words 127, 138, 140–141, 213 subordinators 59, 66, 67, 73 time 119
142, 151, 240 indirect or reported 88, 89 adverbs 40, 41
informal 86–87 suffixes 127, 134, 140, 143, 241 capitalization 159
speeches 226–227 double consonants 155 in speech 89
S spell-checkers 220 morphemes 136 words or numbers? 119
suffix rules with word
spelling 124–177, 238–243
scientific names 122 American spellings 14, 15, endings titles of works 103
capital letters 31, 158
scripts 174–177 -able 150 in quotation marks 109
asides 63 British spellings 14, 174–177 -al 153 italicization 111, 123
dramatic 217 confused meanings 170, 171 -e 146 Twitter 121
Roman numerals 119 consonants 154, 155 -ible 151
writing 216–217 homographs 167 -sion 149
semicolons 100–101 homonyms 166, 242 -ssion 149 U
before adverbs 101 homophones 167, 242 -tion 148
joining main clauses 59, 71, “i before e” rule 156–157 -y 147, 155 underlining 123, 192, 228
100 irregular words 164–165 unusual spellings 149 understatement 85
lists 101 mnemonics 156, 165, 243 vowels 155
sentence fragments 75 morphemes 136–137 superlatives 28, 29
sentences 38, 68–69, 184–185 noun or verb? 168 bound morphemes 136 V
active 54 one or two words? 169, 239 exaggeration 203 verb agreement 52–53
beginning of 185 past tense 177 irregular spellings 29 verbs 20, 38–39
complex 72–73, 74 roots 140–141, 240 with more or most 29 auxiliary 43, 44, 46, 48–49
compound 70–71 silent letters 160–161, 177 syllables 134–135 can or may? 78
conditional similar sounding words 167, iambic pentameter 135 contractions 104, 237
subjunctive mood 55 169, 171, 239 sounding out 134, 157 may or might? 78
consistent language 60 sounding out 130–135, word stress 135 modal 49
length 184, 191, 199 144–145, 154, 165, 168 synonyms 182, 221, 244
negatives 80