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Affirmative spelling rules

we add s in the he she it forms if it is consonant plus y then we eliminate y and add i e s to the end of the he she it forms only and this is why it's a little bit more difficu...

Course: Everyday English from the startSection: Present simple rulesSubtitles: en

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y

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we add s in the he she

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it forms if it is consonant

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plus y then we eliminate

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y and add i e s

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to the end of the he she it forms

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only and this is why it's a little bit

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more difficult

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if the last letter is y so let's

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quickly summarize all of those present

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simple

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affirmative rules normally we

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add s in the he she it forms

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like with the verb read but

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if the verb ends in ch sh

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z x s or o

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like go then we add e s

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in the he sheet form and if the last

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letter is

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y we have two options consonant

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plus y eliminate the y add i

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e s like study only in the he she it

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forms

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and vowel plus y is simply and s

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the normal rule every single verb

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in english follows these affirmative

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rules

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