Monday, March 30, 2015

Quick Spelling Tip -- V

Poor spellers often have a difficult time determining when to place an E at the end of a word. One quick rule is that English words don't end in the letter V.  If a word has a V sound at the end, it is spelled with a VE.

Some example are solve, gave, above, believe, and dove.  The few words that end with v are names, or shortened, slang  forms of a words such as luv, which my spell check determined isn't a real word.

1 comment:

  1. Good tip! The spelling of English words is taken from so many other languages, it makes it easier to remember spelling with hints like this. Thanks!