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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Spelling: adjectives: -cial & -tial

influential, reverential, essential

but

commercial, financial, beneficial

Is there a rule for when to use 'c' and when to use 't' ?

thanks for any help
  

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Hi. We spell with "cial" after a vowel as in "social" and with "tial" after a consonant as in "essential". Exceptions: financial commercial provincial initial spatial palatial controversial

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  • Hi.
  • We spell with "cial" after a vowel as in "social" and with "tial" after a consonant as in "essential".
  • Exceptions: financial commercial provincial initial spatial palatial controversial
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Hi.

We spell with "cial" after a vowel as in "social" and with "tial" after a consonant as in "essential".

Exceptions:
financial
commercial
provincial
initial
spatial
palatial
controversial
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