http://www.englishforums.com/English/GeneralEnglishVocabularyIdiom-Questions/Forum29.htmHelp with defining words and idioms, and new words and idioms that you've learntenXMOD (Build: 3615.39139)http://www.englishforums.com/English/RelevanceReferenceUtterance-Persistence/2/dhljd/Post.htm#289423Mon, 25 May 2009 07:27:08 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:289423CalifJim0http://www.englishforums.com/English/RelevanceReferenceUtterance-Persistence/2/dhljd/Post.htm#289423http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments29-289423.xmlI read somewhere that even knowing which conjugation the related Latin verb is in does no good at predicting the ending in English. CJhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/RelevanceReferenceUtterance-Persistence/dhljd/post.htm#289046Sat, 25 Apr 2009 07:27:08 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:289046Super Sonic1http://www.englishforums.com/English/RelevanceReferenceUtterance-Persistence/dhljd/post.htm#289046http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments29-289046.xmlThanks all.It seems that I will have to trust my mental dictionaryhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/RelevanceReferenceUtterance-Persistence/dhljd/post.htm#288740Wed, 25 Mar 2009 08:27:08 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:288740Marius Hancu2http://www.englishforums.com/English/RelevanceReferenceUtterance-Persistence/dhljd/post.htm#288740http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments29-288740.xmlJ Lewis wrote: If you know Latin or Italian they will give you some guide, but this is not perfect, because in French I believe a lot of such words use the "a", not the "e", and this often determines the English. So persistenza (Italian) gives us persistence in English, but resistenza gives us resistance in French and the same in English. Not really much help! I thought about it, but in the end I too decided this only messes up people.http://www.englishforums.com/English/RelevanceReferenceUtterance-Persistence/dhljd/post.htm#288719Sun, 25 Jan 2009 08:27:08 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:288719Philip3http://www.englishforums.com/English/RelevanceReferenceUtterance-Persistence/dhljd/post.htm#288719http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments29-288719.xmlJ Lewis wrote: If you know Latin or Italian they will give you some guide, but this is not perfect, because in French I believe a lot of such words use the "a", not the "e", and this often determines the English. So persistenza (Italian) gives us persistence in English, but resistenza gives us resistance in French and the same in English. Not really much help! I once knew a woman who said that many of these spelling problems are a result of the classification of the verb in Latin. This came about, of course, when most educated people knew Latin. I'm all in favor of eliminating that pesky vowel in the ending, as we all would know what is meant without it!http://www.englishforums.com/English/RelevanceReferenceUtterance-Persistence/dhljd/post.htm#288632Wed, 25 Feb 2009 08:27:08 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:288632J Lewis4http://www.englishforums.com/English/RelevanceReferenceUtterance-Persistence/dhljd/post.htm#288632http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments29-288632.xmlIf you know Latin or Italian they will give you some guide, but this is not perfect, because in French I believe a lot of such words use the "a", not the "e", and this often determines the English. So persistenza (Italian) gives us persistence in English, but resistenza gives us resistance in French and the same in English. Not really much help!http://www.englishforums.com/English/RelevanceReferenceUtterance-Persistence/dhljd/post.htm#288376Sun, 25 Jan 2009 08:27:08 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:288376Anonymous5http://www.englishforums.com/English/RelevanceReferenceUtterance-Persistence/dhljd/post.htm#288376http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments29-288376.xmlNo kidding, GG. Spelling is the bane of my life. Lol. I usually manage to misspell a quarter of most of my essays.http://www.englishforums.com/English/RelevanceReferenceUtterance-Persistence/dhljd/post.htm#288330Wed, 25 Mar 2009 08:27:08 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:288330Grammar Geek6http://www.englishforums.com/English/RelevanceReferenceUtterance-Persistence/dhljd/post.htm#288330http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments29-288330.xmlSorry, Super Sonic, because this is one type of error that I (native speaker) make ALL THE TIME. If it weren't for spellcheck on my word processor, I'd be wrong more often than not, I think. And the "problem" with spellcheck is that it never makes me have to go to the dictionary to look it up, so it's never really impressed on my memory. It's no better with the -ent/-ant ending. Dependant, dependent... I wish I had a great clue for you, but I don't. I just wanted to sympathize with you, because I know exactly how you feel!http://www.englishforums.com/English/RelevanceReferenceUtterance-Persistence/dhljd/post.htm#288292Wed, 25 Mar 2009 08:27:08 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:288292Super Sonic7http://www.englishforums.com/English/RelevanceReferenceUtterance-Persistence/dhljd/post.htm#288292http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments29-288292.xmlUhh OK,then.Thankshttp://www.englishforums.com/English/RelevanceReferenceUtterance-Persistence/dhljd/post.htm#288290Sun, 25 Jan 2009 08:27:09 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:288290Marius Hancu8http://www.englishforums.com/English/RelevanceReferenceUtterance-Persistence/dhljd/post.htm#288290http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments29-288290.xmlSorry, only by experience and by dictionaryhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/RelevanceReferenceUtterance-Persistence/dhljd/post.htmSat, 25 Apr 2009 07:27:09 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:288289Super Sonic9http://www.englishforums.com/English/RelevanceReferenceUtterance-Persistence/dhljd/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments29-288289.xmlHow can I know that whether a word will take the suffix -ence or -ance?