While spelling is not a sign of intelligence, poor spelling can make a bad first impression. Some sounds like sh have multiple spellings. In today’s post I’ll review spelling rules for the sh sound. SH Here are the rules for using s-h to write the sh sound. Use s-h at the beginning of a word or at the end of a syllable. That’s it. Here are some examples: shadow, sheep, shingle, shop, shutter, trashcan, mesh, fishnet, slosh, gush. So, what do you do when the sound comes at the beginning of a syllable in the middle of a word? English is a very creative language with its twenty-six letters. One…
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Hard and Soft Sounds
As a kid I knew the letters ‘c’ and ‘g’ had hard and soft sounds. I just didn’t know there was a rule that would help me. My go-to word was garage. The first ‘g’ was followed by the letter ‘a’ and had a hard sound. The last ‘g’ was followed by an ‘e’ and had a soft sound. Today’s post will discuss spelling and pronunciation rules to help you pronounce new words and spell old ones. Hard C and G The most common sound for the letter ‘c’ is the hard sound. Cat, cost, cut, cry, Christmas, and clip all start with the hard ‘c’ sound. Maniac, titanic, and…
