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Mastering Commonly Misused and Misspelled Words: A Helpful Guide

This tutorial, presented by Britany and Katlin, delves into commonly misused and misspelled words to enhance your writing skills. Learn the differences between words like "accept" and "except," "affect" and "effect," as well as possessive pronouns like "your" and contractions such as "you’re." We cover essential spelling rules, including the I before E rule and the use of silent E in words. Master these tips to prevent errors and enhance clarity in your writing.

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Mastering Commonly Misused and Misspelled Words: A Helpful Guide

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  1. Spelling Tutorial By: Britany & Katlin

  2. Commonly misused and misspelled words • Accept- verb meaning to receive or to agree. Except- preposition meaning all but, other than. • Affect- verb meaning to influence. Effect- noun meaning result or consequence. Effect- verb meaning to bring about, to accomplish. • Its- possessive adjective. It’s-contraction for it has or it is. • Their- possessive pronoun. There- that place. They’re- contraction for they are.

  3. To- preposition, or first part of the infinitive form of a verb. Too- very, also. Two- the number 2. • We’re- contraction for we are. Where- location. Were- a past tense form of the word be. • Your- possessive pronoun. You’re- contraction for you are. • To prevent misusing or misspelling words make sure you use them in the correct tense and also use spell check on your computer.

  4. The I before e rule Write I before E Except after C. Or when it sounds like an A As in “neighbor” or “weigh”. I before E examples:relief, believe, niece, chief, field, shield, yield. E before I examples: receive, deceive, ceiling, conceit, vein, sleigh, eight.

  5. Ible, -able rule • Ible- if the word is not a root word add -ible. Examples: visible, horrible, terrible, possible, edible, eligible, incredible, permissible. • Able- if the root is a complete word add -able. Examples: fashionable, laughable, suitable, dependable, comfortable. (If the root ends with an –e drop the final –e and add -able.)

  6. The silent e • Silent E helps vowels to say their names is another common adage. This means that the words which have a long vowel sound, followed by a consonant, usually end with a silent E. This helps children remember word endings. Examples: rate and rat, as well as hate and hat.

  7. Sources • Ballard, Nikki. "Commonly Misspelled Words." Commonly Misspelled Words. 2009. Web. 19 Jan. 2011. <http://www.commonlymisspelledwords.org/>. • Purdue OWL. "Purdue OWL: Spelling." Welcome to the Purdue University Online Writing Lab (OWL). Nov.-Dec. 2010. Web. 19 Jan. 2011. <http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/660/01>. • ALA Corporate Member. "Spelling Tips for Children and Adults." Www.math-and-reading-help-for-kids.org. 2007. Web. 19 Jan. 2011. <http://math-and-reading-help-for-kids.org/articles/Spelling_tips_for_children_and_parents.html>.

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