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Classic Errors and Helpful Hints
Grammar and Spelling Tips
Groups of Consonants
Words with a cluster of two, three, or more consonants are easy to misspell: you may put the letters in the wrong order, or use too few or too many:
- Remember to put the n before the m in enmity and environment.
- Remember the first h in ophthalmic, diphtheria, and naphtha.
- Remember the p in symptom.
- There is a double h in withhold, but only one in threshold.
- Don't put a p in hamster, or a d in pigeon.
Some vowel combinations are tricky too:
- a comes before u in gauge, but after u in guard.
- u comes before o in buoy and buoyant.
- Remember all the vowels in manoeuvre.
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