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Spelling is a learned skill not a special talent. Spelling can be mastered by
learning a few basic rules about when to change the endings on words. Most
spelling rules have to do with adding suffixes in some form to a base word. This
chapter reviews the five most important spelling rules including when you should
double the consonant at the end of a word before adding -ed or -ing and when to
change a y to an i before adding an ending.

Another aspect of spelling besides endings is knowing when to join words and
when to separate them. The chapter has a list of words that should always be
separated like the word a lot. A lot is not a word. There is also a look at
words whose spellings change depending on the meaning of the word. Spelling can
be mastered through learning a few rules and getting lots of practice.