Rules for Spelling
Writing is a medium through which you convey your emotions, feelings, ideas, thoughts, etc. It can also be defined as representation of language in a textual medium through a set of signs and symbols. Writing is used for various purposes one such purpose is to pass on the knowledge through generations. Such is the importance of writing. Spelling mistakes destroy the essence of English and its innate meaning or idea which needs to be conveyed. Such is the importance of spellings. No one likes to place emphasis or importance on work/speech which is ridden with spelling mistakes.
There are certain rules which if followed can improve one`s ability to spell words accurately and correctly. Some of these rules are as follows. Before understanding the rules of spelling one needs to be thorough the basics of English which are vowels, consonants, grammar, etc. Whenever a person spells a short vowel sound he/she needs to spell only one letter. To spell a long sound a second vowel must be added. The second vowel may be separated from the first one by a consonant. In some instances first vowel may remain short. There are various other rules such as doubling a consonant which protects a short vowel. Single letters such as letter c is the most common spelling used in the world and its use is not hindered by geographical location. In certain situations the letter K is substituted for the letter C if the letter C is followed by an e, i or y. In the same way spelling CK is replaced by CC if the preceding letter is an e, i or y. The letter J is spelled in three ways j, ge and dge. The letter j is usually used if the sound is followed by letters such as a, o or u. Letter K can take any sound and its use is not guided by any rules. There are certain exceptions to these rules.
Consonants such as v, j, k, w and x are never doubled. There are certain rules such which we follow in daily english usage but we never understand the importance of those one such example is, no normal English words end with the letter v they generally end as ve. Preceding vowel is not taken into consideration.
There are two suffixes in general they are those that begin with a vowel and the other one which begins with a consonant. Spelling problems always occur with vowels and less with consonants. Do continue reading as we explain more number of spelling rules in subsequent articles.
