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6 easy to remember spelling rules

English spelling can be really daunting and intimidating. If you try to look up for 'rules' in spelling over the web, you'll be overwhelmed with how many rules there are and their exceptions. Although memorising these technicalities can be helpful, it is not really advisable. Leave the memorising part to expert linguists! Here are some of the rules I have gathered from research.



So here are 6 (sort of) easy spelling rules/guides to get you one step closer to English spelling mastery!


1.      Use i before e, except after c, or when sounding like “ae”
For example:
a.      i before e: believe, achieve, piece
b.      except after c: receive, ceiling, perceive
c.      except when c sounds sh: proficient, ancient, efficient
d.      except when ie sounds like “ae”: neighbor, eight, foreign

2.      C can say /k/ or /s/.
a.      C sounds /s/ before an e, i, or y : cent, city, cycle
b.      C says /k/ before everything else: cat, clip, cloud

3.      G can say /g/ or /j/.
a.      G may can be /j/ before an e, i, or y: gem, giant, gym
b.      G says /g/ before everything else: garden, glad, graduation

4.      Q is always followed by a “u”: queen, quantity, quarantine

5.      Words do not end in ‘V’ or ‘J’. We add a silent ‘e’ at the end of the word: have, save, believe, glove

6.      Spelling changes when we make some nouns plural
a.      For nouns ending in –ch, -o, -s, and –sh, we add –es: matches, masses, peaches
b.      For nouns ending in –y, we change –y to –i and add –es: babies, ladies, studies
c.      When the noun ends in –f or –fe, we often change –f to –v and add –es: knives, leaves, calves
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