What's the Base?
seeing
see
runs
< s >
cats
cat + s
ski, sushi, macaroni, taxi
No complete English word ends in <i>.
These words are borrowed from other languages.
walks
walk
doing
< ing >
missed
miss + ed
Qatar, qadi, qi, qintar
In English words, a <q> has to be followed by a <u>.
These words are borrowed from other languages.
does
do
player
< er >
misspell
mis + spell
phone, dolphin, graph, photo
The <ph> spelling for [f] is not English.
These words are from Greek.
stopped
stop
camped
shepherd
shep + herd
menu, bureau, haiku, caribou
No complete English word ends in <u>.
These words are borrowed from other languages.
go
go
strongest
< est >
act + ion
tomato, volcano, tornado, bongo
English words with more than one syllable word cannot end in <o>.
These are borrowed from other languages.