Rule Set: Suffixes
Spelling Rule : +'ful'
Adding the + 'ful' suffix ending,
There is no specific rule for when to use + 'ful' as a suffix ending. It's easy to hear at the end of a word and this is when it should be added.
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- _ _ _ + 'ful' (always only one 'l')
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Examples: helpful, insightful, spiteful, peaceful, hateful.
Spelling Rule : + 'ly'
Adding the + 'ly' suffix ending,
Words ending in the letter _ _ _ 'ful' + 'ly'
keep both 'l' when adding: '_ful' and '+ly'
So use a,... double 'll'
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- + ( 'ly' )
Examples: beautiful beautifully, dreadful dreadfully, faithful faithfully, hurtful hurtfully, playful playfully, restful restfully, thankful thankfully, truthful truthfully, tuneful tunefully, faithfully,
Adding suffix + ( 'ly' )
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- + ( 'ly' )
Examples: bad badly, bold boldly, certain certainly, correct correctly, even evenly, proud proudly, quiet quietly, sad sadly, smooth smoothly, soft softly
Words ending in 'e' keep the 'e'
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Examples: brave, bravely, complete completely, love lovely, separate separately
Words ending in 'y' change 'y' to 'i'
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Programmers notes:
wiki/Category:English_suffixes
englishstudyonline.org/suffix/
Definition of a suffix :
A letter or group of letters added at the end of a word to make a new word:
The suffix "-ness" added to the end of the word "sweet" forms the word "sweetness", changing an adjective into a noun.
Examples of "not" suffixes: bluebottle, oversubtle, forecastle, disgruntle, sandcastle.