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Mississippi

- Spelling - In our opening paragraph several words have been misspelled: ... happyly ...       ... plaiful ... The spelling rule here involves what to do with the letter y at the end of a word to which we wish to add a suffix. Our spelling rule gives us guidance: Rule: To add a suffix to a word ending in the letter y, (1) if the y is preceded by a consonant, change the y to an i: bounty + ful = bountiful       breezy + ness = breeziness try + ed = tried       busy + ly = busily silly + er = sillier       happy + ly = happily Exceptions:   carrying, drying, shyer, dryly, wryness (2) if the y is preceded by a vowel, keep the y: joy + ous = joyous       employ + ment = employment buoy + ed = buoyed       play + ful = playful Exceptions:   day + ly = daily       gay + ly = gaily In this lesson on words, we end with some practice on commonly misspelled words. Say each word out loud, put a finger over the word, and then spell it out loud. It should take but a few minutes; it really will help improve your spelling skills. annually develop forty parallel recommend business exaggerate ninety pursue sense Note that we have underlined the letters where most spelling mistakes are made.

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