Single inverted commas

Although it is usual to enclose a word under discussion in single inverted commas, I have chosen instead to emphasise it in red to prevent confusion with apostrophes.
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Friday, 26 July 2013

Consonant suffixes

Suffixes beginning with consonants do not often cause spelling problems: usually you tack them on to the end of a word without altering it: sincere + ly = sincerely
Exception: words ending in le change the le to ly: able/ably, subtle/subtly
Other exceptions: fully, truly, duly, wholly, argument
Common consonant suffixes are: ful, ness, ment, some, tion, sion, ly
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