| A | B |
|---|
| ignorance | Don't show your ignorance by spelling this word -ence! |
| immediate | "Not mediate" means direct which is why "immediately" means "directly |
| independent | spelling of this word. It ends on -ent. |
| indispensable | ends on -able is indispensable to good writing. |
| inoculate | One [n] is enough. |
| intelligence | Using two [l]s in this word and ending it on -ence rather than -ance |
| it's | The apostrophe marks a contraction of "it is. |
| its | Something that belongs to it is "its." |
| jewelry | the last [e] in this case flees the scene like a jewel thief |
| judgment | spelling judgement (with e added) largely replaced judgment in the United Kingdom in a non-legal context |
| kernel | the claim that all the vowels in this word are [e]s |
| leisure | another violator of the i-before-e rule. You can be sure of the spelling of the last syllable but not of the pronunciation. |
| liaison | French word throwing us curve: a spare [i], just in case. That's an [s], too, that sounds like a [z] |
| library | That first [r] should be pronounced, too |
| license | use both its letters for the sound [s] in one word |
| lightning | Learning how to omit the [e] in this word |
