10-second review: How to predict spellings that end in “-er” and “-or”? Concrete nouns (water, slipper) tend to end in “-er,” while abstract nouns tend to end in “-or” (humor, flavor), but exceptions are “sugar” and “cellar.”
Source: JW Bloodgood & LC Pacifici. Reading Teacher (November 2004), 261. A publication of the International Reading Association (IRA).
Comment: Never heard that rule before. Worth thinking about and testing when you are not certain about the ending. RayS.
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