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Comprehensive Spelling Manual Guide

This spelling manual covers the use of graphemes, capital letters, punctuation marks, accentuation, and orthographic details. It explains the rules for the correct use of letters such as b, v, c, s, z, j, g, y, ll, and homophones. It also describes the appropriate use of capital letters, punctuation marks, and the accentuation rules for sharp, flat, esdrújula, and sobresdrújula words. Finally, it clarifies orthographic details.

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Comprehensive Spelling Manual Guide

This spelling manual covers the use of graphemes, capital letters, punctuation marks, accentuation, and orthographic details. It explains the rules for the correct use of letters such as b, v, c, s, z, j, g, y, ll, and homophones. It also describes the appropriate use of capital letters, punctuation marks, and the accentuation rules for sharp, flat, esdrújula, and sobresdrújula words. Finally, it clarifies orthographic details.

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Spelling Manual

1. Use of Graphemes
2. Use of Capital Letters

3. Punctuation Marks
4. Accentuation
5. Spelling Details
Use of Graphemes
Use of the 'b' Use of the 'v'
In endings: -bir, -buir. In endings: -sive,
-ba, -bamos, -ban, -bility. -iva, -ivo, -servar, -ava

After: ra-, ri-, ro-, ru-. After:-lla, -lle,


["-sa","-so","-ta","-tur","-cu","-m"] -llo, -llu. -pro, -pre, -pri,
{"-sal":null,"-na":null,"-di":null,"-n":null,"-d":null}
v
b Before: r, s, l, t.
Beginnings at:
In prefixes: bi-, bis-, biz-. -eva, -evi, -evo
bio-, sub-, bibli-.
Excepciones:lascivo, nocivo,
Excepciones:hervir, servir, vivir, ["amoeba","stibo","ebony","ebionite"]
mobility, servility, civility, eborario, dad, syllable.
raviol, ravioli, rival, rivera, savia.
Use of the 'c'
-science Use of the 's' Use of the 'z'
["-center, -cien, -cir, -cibir"]
{"-ceder":"","-cender":"","-cial":"","-acia":""} In endings: -isca, -isco, -isma, In endings: --zuelo,
["-zuela","-anza","-ez","-eza","-triz"]
-ismo, -ense, -esca, -esco, -ensa,
{"-acio":"action","-cimiento":"formation","-ancia":"ance"}
["-so, -esta, -this, -est, -est"] -azgo, -azo, - -zón. In
-Ancient, cer, -tion.
["-oso","-osa","-sivo","-sis"] cualidades humanas: -az, -ez,
Beginnings at: -iz, -oz, -uz. In adjectives and

c cerc-, circ-, circ-. sustantivos: -az, -ez, -oz.

Endings in z go
they pluralize with c
s
In front of a, o and u, its
sound becomes k.
The shapes are joined
to the verbs at the end. z
Exceptions: absent, present,
Excepciones: Zaragoza, carroza, Exceptions:
Russian, Asia, euthanasia, gymnastics ["hut","mosaic","lascivious","harmful"]
idiosincrasia, gimnasio, potasio, Rasgo, pelasgo
way of the cross, fish, ice, mace
holding, relinquishment, Dionysius
write and pinch.
ansia, toser, ser, coser,
Use of the "j" Use of the 'g'
In endings: gerar, giar, ger,
In endings: jeria,
gir, regional, hygiene, hygiene, gene,
jero, jera, Jear.
gionary, gious, already, joy, gion.

Begin with aje, eje, ajeno, In the beginning: gene, geni,


execute and voices ja, jo, ju geno,genu: generoso,
genital, genoma,genuino. g
j In verbs where the sound je enters
Words with voiced g in front
yes and in its original verb there is neither the g
{"Decir":"Say - I said","Conducir":"Drive - I drove"} of -e, -i preceded by where
this last one should not be pronounced

{"ligero":"light","ambages":"circumlocutions"} Exceptions: to rear and


compage, agenda, agencia ["to uncoil","majesty","to weave"]
crunch, groan and chirp, foreign.
Use of the 'y' Use of 'll'
In endings: alle, elle.
After: ad, des, ["illo","illa","ellar","illar","ullar","ullir"]
say and su

Sounds as conjunction After defa, fo, fu


and the end of a word:

y Pedro and Juan, ox


Words that come from
Latin terms that
ll
they are written And the plurals
presentation, flames, and flames
terminados en y: Rey-reyes llama; pluviam, lluvia.

Syllables are:
route, yesterday,
Homophones
B and V S, C, and Z J Y G LL and
Vote-Boots Rate-Cup
Sumo-Zumo Agito - Ajito Rallo-Ray
Baron-Man
Beautiful-Pretty Sewing-Cooking Gira- Jira Stream-Stream
Ingest-Ingerir
To use the informal 'you' form (in someAbollar-Aboyar
Latin American countries) - To speak informally
Base-Vase
Ballenato-Vallenato Swedish-Clog Valla-Vaya
Baya-Valla-Vaya Sien-Cien Callo-Cayo
Bacilo-Vacilo Senate-Cenado Malla-Maya
Goods-Coming Azar-Asar Quiet-Cayado
Vote-Boat Fish-Fishes Halla-Haya
Rebel-Reveal House-Hunt Ralla-Raya
Use of Capital Letters
It is used in the word that follows a period or semicolon.

2. In which it goes after question marks or exclamation marks.


3. In proper names of countries, people, cities, nicknames.
4. Uppercase in important historical events and holidays.
5. In names of institutions and commercial establishments.
6. Abbreviations are written in uppercase when they have four letters or fewer.
7. In the formulas of respectful treatment.
In the first word of a long title of a book, movie, play or theatrical piece.
9. When the word serves to start a writing.
10. Names that indicate hierarchy if they are not naming the person holding the position.
Punctuation Marks
.
The point
,
The comma Semicolon
;

Ellipsis “”
Comillas
:
Two points
() ¿? ü
Diaeresis
The parentheses Question marks
¡ !
Exclamation marks -
The stripe
Accentuation
According to the accent, words are classified into:
sharp Graves ProparoxytoneProparoxytone
Penultimate Antepenultimate After the antepenultimate
Last syllable
syllable syllable syllable

Hiatus The tilde Diacritical tilde


Seoul, Maria, coffin, read, duo.
The monosyllables do not settle: it marks one of the two
God, script, rogue, sun, flower, I, gave, to differentiate them. This is
me, you, was, gave, the, to him, to me, flower, etc.
mark on the emphatic monosyllable.
Orthographic Details
-there: indicates place. overcoat: clothing item. to be: expresses quality
-haya: auxiliary of a verb. above all future.
halla: verb form of find. everything to do: verb.

why:question. also: equivalent to likewise: equates to


-because: it justifies something. likewise. likewise.
why: it is used as -so good: it equates to likewise: element of
noun very good. link.
to oneself: expression
there: of place. neither reflexive.
to have: verb. so little: indicates quantity.

-others: added with others. -yes:no a condition.


-of more: something extra. contradiction
Reading makes a man complete.
The conversation makes it agile. The
writing makes it precise.
Francis Bacon

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