Dictionary: spelling, syllables,
pronunciation, accent marks, parts of speech, irregular verb forms or irregular
spellings, definitions,
i before e except after c, or when sounded like a
as in neighbor and weigh
drop the silent e before adding an
ending that
starts with
a vowel, keep the e when
adding a
consonant
change the final y to I when the y is preceded by
a consonant, or when the ending added
begins
with a vowel or is ful, ly, or ness
double the final consonant before adding an
ending when the last three letters are
vowel-consonant-vowel, the word is only
one syllable, or
the ending being added
begins with a
vowel
most plurals are fomed by adding –s to the
singular noun, but
you add es to form
the plural of nouns
that end is s, sh, ch,
x, or nouns that
end in a consonant plus
y.
Non-standard Verbs:
Misplaced modifiers : are incorrectly separated from the word they
modify.
Dangling Modifiers : are not followed by words they intend to
modify.
Parallelism: you must match forms
when presenting two ideas in one
sentence