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1、Unit5(3)Capiotalization,SpellingandCommonlyConfusedWords-HomophnesCapitalization·Alwayscapitalize“I”–Memorizethisrule,forEnglishistheonlylanguagethatcapitalizes"I"·Alwayscapitalizethefirstwordofasentence–Anotherrulethatwillseemobvioustoyou,butknowingwhenasentencebeginsandendsgetsmorecom
2、plicatedasyouwritelongerandmorecomplicatedsentences.·Capitalizepropernouns–propernounslikeNewYork,MarilynMonroe,andCourserawillbecapitalizedbecausetheyrefertoaspecificplace,person,thing,livingcreature,orconcept.SpellingSpell-checkwillnotcatchmanymisspelledwords,soit’simportantthatyoulea
3、rnsomeofthebasicrulesofspellingandkeepalistwithyouduringeditingofwordsthatyoucommonlymisspellorconfuse.Keepingsuchalistwillhelpyoutobecomemoreconfidentwhenyouarewritingwiththeaidofacomputer.Thebestwaytoimproveyourspellingistokeepalistofwordsthatyoucommonlymisspell.Therearemanywaysyoumig
4、htdothis,buthereisasuggestedformat:Somespellingrules:·“ibeforeeexceptafterc”:Youmayhaveheardthiscommonruleovertheyears,anditisgenerallyhelpful.Friendanddeceivefitneatlyintothisruleasdomanyotherwordslikereceipt,believe,thief,andpatience.However,therearewordsinEnglishwherethecombinationof
5、thevowelseiispronouncedA(ay)asinfreight,weight,andneighbor.Therearealsomanyexceptionstotherulewithwordslikeweirdandcaffeine. ·Changethefinalytoibeforeaddingasuffix:Whenyouaddasuffixtoawordthatendsinylikehappy,youwillchangetheytoi.ohappy+ness=happinessomerry+ment=merriment·Doublethelastc
6、onsonantwhenaddingcertainsuffixestocertainwords:Aswiththepreviousrule,addingsuffixeswillchangethespellingofcertainwords.Inshortwordslikemopandmad,youwilldoublethelastletterwhenyouaddcertainsuffixes.omop+ed=moppedomop+ing=moppingomad+er=madderomad+est=maddest·Keepingordroppingthefinalsil
7、ente:Withwordsthathaveasilente,likeloveandhate,youwillkeeptheeifthesuffixbeginswithaconsonantbutdropitifthesuffixbeginswithavowel.olove+ly=lovelyolove+ing=lovingohate+ful=hatefulohate+ing=hatingCommonlyConfusedWords–HomophonesManywordsintheEnglishlanguageareconfusingbecausethey