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Spelling Rulles- part 2‘se’ and ‘ce’; ‘sy’ and ‘cy’ When two words, verb and noun, are spelt alike, ‘se’ and ‘sy’ are verb endings; ‘ ce ’ and ‘ cy ’ are noun endings. The following are therefore verbs: license, practise, prophesy, advise. The following are nouns: licence, practice, prophecy, advice Promise is an exception to this rule. It is a noun. This rule does not hold good when verb and noun are not spelt alike, so ‘ suspense’ and ‘hypocrisy ’ are nouns. The final ‘e’ 1. When followed by ‘ment’ Till recently the final ‘e’ was dropped from words ending in ‘dge’. Example: judgment Nowadays, it is not necessary to drop the final ‘e’ before ‘ment’. So you can write ‘judgement’, ‘acknowledgement’, ‘arrangement’ and ‘advertisement’. (See The Concise Oxford Dictionary) 2. The final ‘e’ must be dropped before ‘able’.
The exceptions are words ending in ‘ ge ’ and ‘ ce’ . For instance
3. The final ‘e’ is also dropped before ‘ous’, ‘age’ or ‘ ish’.
Courage is an exception to this rule. We write courageous and not couragous. 4. The final ‘e’ is always dropped before ‘ing’ except when it is preceded by a vowel with which it forms one sound.
Words ending in ‘c’ and ‘ck’ Words ending in ‘c’ take ‘k’ after the ‘c’ before adding ‘ed’or ‘ing’. Examples:
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