VOWELS
vice
versa
vicious
view
vigorous
(not
vigourous)
See
also
RIGOROUS
OR
VIGOROUS?.
vigour
villain
violent
virtuoso
(singular) virtuosi
or
virtuosos (plural)
See
FOREIGN
PLURALS.
visible
(not -able)
visitor
(not
-er)
vocabulary
(five
syllables)

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VOWELS
The
letter
y is
sometimes
a
vowel
and
sometimes
a
consonant.
Y
is a
vowel when
it
sounds like
e or i:
pretty,
busy
sly,
pylon
Y
is a
consonant
at the
beginning
of
syllables
and

WAIVE
= to
give something
up or not
exact
it
I
shall
WAIVE
the fine on
this occasion.
WAVE
= to
move something
to and fro
WAVE
to the
Queen.
wander
or
wonder?
I
love
to
WANDER
through
the
forest,
(rhymes
with girl's name, Wanda)

feeble
WEEK
=
seven days
weather
or
whether?
Use
these exemplar sentences
as a
guide:
The
WEATHER
this winter
has
been
awful.
I
don't know
WHETHER
I can
help.
(=
if)
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W
WEDNESDAY
Wednesday
(not
Wensday)

as a
guide:
We
WERE
walking very
fast,
(rhymes with
'her')
WHERE
are
you?
(rhymes with
'air')
Do you
know
WHERE
he is?
This
is the
house
WHERE
I was
born.
weren't
Place
the
apostrophe carefully.
wharf
(singular) wharfs
or

in
Scotland.
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WHO OR
WHOM?
who or
whom?
The
grammatical distinction
is
that
'who'
is a
subject
pronoun
and
'whom'
is an
object pronoun.
(i)
Use
this method
to
double-check whether
you
need
a
subject
pronoun
or an

Who/whom
is
there?
The
answer
could
be: / am
there.
WHO is
there?
If
the
answer could
be one of the
object
pronouns (me, him, her,
us or
them), then
you
need
'whom'
at the
beginning
of the
question:
Who/whom
did you
meet when
you
went

we,
they)
is
needed
in the
second sentence
or an
object
pronoun (me, him, her,
us,
them).
Here
is the man
who/whom
can
help you.
Divide into
two
sentences:
Here
is the
man.
He can
help
you.
Here
is the man WHO can
help you.
He
is a

OR
WHOLE?.
wholly
(exception
to the
magic
e-
rule)
See
ADDING ENDINGS
(ii).
who's
or
whose?
Use
these exemplar sentences
as a
guide:
WHO'S
been eating
my
porridge?
(=
who
has)
WHO'S
coming
to
supper?
(= who is)

or
winning?
wine
+ ing =
wining
win + ing =
winning
See
ADDING ENDINGS
(i) and
(ii).
wisdom
(exception
to
magic
-e
rule)
See
ADDING ENDINGS (ii).
withhold
(not
withold)
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