{"id":4061,"date":"2013-06-27T17:15:45","date_gmt":"2013-06-27T17:15:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mometrix.com\/academy\/?page_id=4061"},"modified":"2025-11-28T16:11:35","modified_gmt":"2025-11-28T22:11:35","slug":"spelling-tips","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.mometrix.com\/academy\/spelling-tips\/","title":{"rendered":"Spelling Tips"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t\t<div id=\"mmDeferVideoEncompass_0BqVveNSXF4\" style=\"position: relative;\">\n\t\t\t<picture>\n\t\t\t\t<source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mometrix.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/circle-play-duotone.webp\" type=\"image\/webp\">\n\t\t\t\t<source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mometrix.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/circle-play-duotone.png\" type=\"image\/jpeg\"> \n\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" id=\"videoThumbnailImage_0BqVveNSXF4\" data-source-videoID=\"0BqVveNSXF4\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mometrix.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/circle-play-duotone.png\" alt=\"Spelling Tips Video\" height=\"720\" width=\"1280\" class=\"size-full\" data-matomo-title = \"Spelling Tips\">\n\t\t\t<\/picture>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<style>img#videoThumbnailImage_0BqVveNSXF4:hover {cursor:pointer;} img#videoThumbnailImage_0BqVveNSXF4 {background-size:contain;background-image:url(\"https:\/\/www.mometrix.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/spelling-tips-thumb.webp\");}<\/style>\n\t\t\t<script defer>\n\t\t\t  jQuery(\"img#videoThumbnailImage_0BqVveNSXF4\").click(function() {\n\t\t\t\tlet videoId = jQuery(this).attr(\"data-source-videoID\");\n\t\t\t\tlet helpTag = '<div id=\"mmDeferVideoYTMessage_0BqVveNSXF4\" style=\"display: none;position: absolute;top: -24px;width: 100%;text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;font-size: small;border-top: 1px solid #fc0;\">Having trouble? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v='+videoId+'\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to watch on YouTube.<\/a><\/span><\/div>';\n\t\t\t\tlet tag = document.createElement(\"iframe\");\n\t\t\t\ttag.id = \"yt\" + videoId;\n\t\t\t\ttag.src = \"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/\" + videoId + \"?autoplay=1&controls=1&wmode=opaque&rel=0&egm=0&iv_load_policy=3&hd=0&enablejsapi=1\";\n\t\t\t\ttag.frameborder = 0;\n\t\t\t\ttag.allow = \"autoplay; fullscreen\";\n\t\t\t\ttag.width = this.width;\n\t\t\t\ttag.height = this.height;\n\t\t\t\ttag.setAttribute(\"data-matomo-title\",\"Spelling Tips\");\n\t\t\t\tjQuery(\"div#mmDeferVideoEncompass_0BqVveNSXF4\").html(tag);\n\t\t\t\tjQuery(\"div#mmDeferVideoEncompass_0BqVveNSXF4\").prepend(helpTag);\n\t\t\t\tsetTimeout(function(){jQuery(\"div#mmDeferVideoYTMessage_0BqVveNSXF4\").css(\"display\", \"block\");}, 2000);\n\t\t\t  });\n\t\t\t  \n\t\t\t<\/script>\n\t\t\n<div class=\"accordion\"><input id=\"transcript\" type=\"checkbox\" class=\"spoiler_button\" \/><label for=\"transcript\">Transcript<\/label>\n<div class=\"spoiler\" id=\"transcript-spoiler\">\n<p>It is important to be an accurate speller in all of your writing because it helps the reader understand what you&#8217;re trying to say. Oftentimes, if you spell something wrong, the reader will get distracted. They&#8217;re going to be focusing on the misspelling instead of the thoughts and ideas you&#8217;re trying to convey. I&#8217;ve written a few tips here to help you remember how to spell some words correctly.<\/p>\n<p>The first tip is <strong>&#8220;<em>i<\/em> before <em>e<\/em>, except after <em>c<\/em>,&#8221;<\/strong> which rhymes so you can remember it easily. If you look at the word <em>relieve<\/em> and you&#8217;re wondering whether to put the <em>i<\/em> or the <em>e<\/em> first, just remember that <em>i<\/em> comes before <em>e<\/em>, except after <em>c<\/em>. There&#8217;s no <em>c<\/em> before it, so I must become must come before <em>e<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The next word is <em>conceit<\/em>. There is a <em>c<\/em> right here, so, in this case, <em>e<\/em> is going to come before <em>i<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Another tip is to <strong>drop the <em>e<\/em><\/strong>. If you have the word <em>dance<\/em> and you&#8217;re adding <em>-ing<\/em> to the end, just drop the <em>e<\/em> from the end. So, <em>danc<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">e<\/span><\/em> becomes <em>danc<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">ing<\/span><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The final tip is to <strong>change the <em>y<\/em><\/strong>. If you have the word <em>happ<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">y<\/span><\/em>, it becomes <em>happ<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">i<\/span>ness<\/em>. Just change the <em>y<\/em> to an <em>i<\/em>, and add an <em>-ess<\/em>. Now, this does not apply if adding <em>-ing<\/em> to the end of the word. <em>Study<\/em> ends with a <em>y<\/em>, but since you&#8217;re adding <em>-ing<\/em>, the <em>y<\/em> remains. This rule also does not apply if the <em>y<\/em> is preceded by a vowel. 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