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Proofreading and Editing
CHAPTER 2 SPELLING AND WORD USAGE
Spelling Rules
1. When are “ie”, “ei” used? Provide an example.
2. What happens to the final silent “e” when a suffix beginning with a vowel is added? Provide an
example.
3. True or False.
There are exceptions to the silent “e” rule.
4. Provide an example of the exception to the silent “e”.
5. What happens to words ending in “ie” or “y”? Provide an example.
6. What rule is used when a word ends in a consonant plus “y”? Give an example.
7. What are you to do when a word suffix begins with an “i”? Give an example.
8. What about words ending in a vowel plus “y”? Provide an example.
9. What is the rule when a word of more than one syllable ends in a single consonant preceded by
a single vowel? Give an example.
10. What happens when we double the final consonant? Provide an example.
11. True or False.
Exceptions to doubling the final consonant consist of words “formatting” and “programmed”.
12. What words are special problems? Provide three examples.
Spelling Challenges
13. Define Homonyms.
14. Provide an example of three sets of homonyms in a sentence.
15. What is the difference between a pseudohomonym and homonym?
16. Complete a sentence with set of pseudohomonyms.
17. Provide words that are easily confused with each other.
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Proofreading and Editing
CHAPTER 2 SPELLING AND WORD USAGE
One Word or Two
18. True or False.
When deciding if a word should be one word or two, we have to depend on the intended
meaning.
19. Provide an example of one word and two with each intended meaning.
Compound Nouns
20. Define compound nouns.
21. Provide an example of three compound nouns.
22. True or False.
There are some compound nouns always spelled as two separate words. Give an example.
Dictionary, Wordbooks, Reference Manual, Spell Checker, Grammar
Check, and Thesaurus
23. True or False.
The dictionary tells you more than how to spell a word. If true, list what else it tells you.
24. What are wordbooks for? List three things wordbook gives.
25. What is Gregg Reference Manual and what does it provide?
26. What is the function of spell checker?
27. True or False.
The spell checker has a dictionary of words that it recognizes.
28. _________ can add words that are particular to their ______________ or _____________, such
as law or medicine.
29. Find and correct the spelling errors in the sentence and rewrite it correctly. “It has been too
months sense hour last meetning.”
30. What is a thesaurus?
31. Name one well-known thesaurus.
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