slimming red + -ish → reddish thin + -er → thinner rub + -ed → rubbed travel+ -er → traveller sit + -ing → sitting wet + -er → wetter When we add a suffix to a word with more than one syllable, we double the consonant only when the word ends in a stressed syllable: Compare, visit or enter where the spoken stress is on the first syllable: Spelling: dropping and adding letters The final -e (Noun formation) We often drop the final -e when a suffix beginning with a vowel is added to a word: Changing -y to -i When we add a suffix to a word ending in a consonant + -y, we normally change -y to i: admit + -ing → admitting prefer + -ed → preferred forget + -ing → forgetting transmit + -ed → transmitted occur + -ence → occurrence upset + -ing → upsetting visit → visiting enter → entered approve + -al → approval hope + -ing → hoping fame + -ous →famous invite + -ation → invitation hate + -ed → hated note + -able → notable argue → argument true → truly due → duly whole → wholly amplify + -er → amplifier fury + -ous → furious busy + -ness → business purify + -cation → purification day + -ly → daily reply + -ed → replied base → bases face → faces judge → judges lose → loses loaf → loaves shelf → shelves thief → thieves wife → wives Unit- - A THOUGHT - - - Spelling: ie or ei? If in doubt about ie or ei, when the sound of the vowel is as in brief /i:/, we spell it ie; but after the letter c, we spell it ei: b. Punctuation How well do you know your punctuation? Why is it important?
Eats, Shoots and Leaves A panda walks into a cafe. He orders a sandwich, eats it, then draws a gun and fires two shots in the air. ”Why?” asks the confused waiter, as the panda makes towards the exit. The panda