Rule #16
Two I's
Two I's
In the English language, you cannot put two of these letters together. See the following misspellings:
Criing, babiish, diing.
What is the letter I?
Ti, ci, and si are used to make this sound, but only at the beginning of syllable that is not the first syllable.
Mention, negotiate, controversial.
What is /sh/?
The /sh/ sound is spelled with the letters sh when the sound is found at this location of a base word.
Sheep, she, ship
What is the beginning?
Unless it is an irregular verb, this ending is added to make a verb past tense.
Handed, played, cooked.
What is the ending ed?
When a word end in this letter, the addition of -ed will form another syllable and sound like /id/.
Painted, spotted, counted
What is the letter t?
This is the number of English words where either spelling is acceptable.
Drier/dryer, drily/dryly, dries/drys, flier/flyer, frier/fryer, shiest/shyest, slily/slyly, sprier/spryer, spriest/spryest, wrier/wryer, wriest/wryest.
This phonogram usually make the sound /sh/, but can make the voiced sound /zh/ if the root word ends in the letter d.
Divide + ion = Division
What is -si?
The /sh/ sound is spelled using the letters sh when the sound is in this part of a syllable.
publish, fish, accomplish
What is the end of a syllable?
In the following words, each -ed ending makes the sound /id/ because each base word ends in this letter.
Handed, demanded, landed, herded.
What is the letter d?
When a word end in this letter, the addition of -ed will form another syllable and sound like /id/.
Hand, herd, land
What is the letter d?
There are a few foreign words where two I's can be next to each other. This Norwegian word explains what you are doing when you attach two boards to your feet and ride down a mountain in the snow.
What is skiing?
If a Latin root word ends in -s, this two letter phonogram (two letters that make one sound) is often formed before adding the suffixes -al, -an, -ary, -ate, -ent, -on, and -ous.
Discuss + ion = Discussion
What is the phonogram -si?
The /sh/ sound is never spelled using the letters sh at the beginning of a syllable after the first syllable, expect in this ending or suffix.
Spaceship, hardship, friendship
What is the ending or suffix -ship?
In the following words, ed is added on words that end in the letter /t/. Therefore, the ed ending makes this sound.
Counted, planted, digested.
What is the sound /id/?
Verbs containing the phonogram -ee often change to this phonogram for past tense.
Bleed - bled, feed - fed, meet - met
What is the phonogram e?
There are a few foreign words where two I's can be next to each other. This word is the name of the language spoken on a series of 8 major tropical islands, formed by volcanoes, belonging to the USA.
What is Hawaiian?
If a Latin root word ends in -c or -ce, this two letter phonogram (two letters that make one sound) is often formed before adding the suffixes -al, -an, -ary, -ate, -ent, -on, and -ous.
Race + ial = Racial Suffice + ient = Sufficient
What is the phonogram -ci?
French spellings of the /sh/ sound use these two letters or this phonograph.
Machine, Chicago, parachute, and chef.
What is the phonogram -ch?
The words play, storm, and owe all end in a voiced sound, meaning if you touch your throat you can feel it vibrating. Due to these words ending in a voiced sound, The addition of the -ed ending makes this sound.
Played, stormed, owed.
What is the sound /d/?
A few verbs that end in the letter p will add this letter for past tense.
Sweep -swept, keep - kept, sleep - slept
What is the letter t?
This is the Latin word, which is plural for radius and ends in two letter I's.
What is radii?
If a Latin root word ends in -t, this two letter phonogram (two letters that make one sound) is often formed before adding the suffixes -al, -an, -ary, -ate, -ent, -on, and -ous.
Elect + ion = election infect + ious = infectious
What is the phonogram ti?
In 146 Greek-based words, this is the sound heard using the spelling ch.
Orchid, stomach
What is the /k/ sound?
Due to each of these words (stamp, match, thank) ending in an unvoiced sound (the ending sound comes from your mouth, not your throat), the addition of the -ed ending will make this sound.
Stamped, matched, thanked.
What is the sound /t/?
Pay - paid, lay - laid
What is the phonogram -ai?