How to Test Unstressed Vowels in Suffixes
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Very often when using certain words, questions arise about the spelling of unstressed vowels. Indeed, in the Russian language there are suffixes "-ek-" and "-ik-", "-ets-" and "-its-", "-chek-" and "-chik-". To resolve the issue of writing a vowel in a suffix, you need to know a few rules.
Basic Validation Rule
The main way to check an unstressed vowel in a suffix is to select a word with the same suffix where the vowel is stressed.
Examples:
- “baker”, “pharmacist” (test word: bell-ringer);
- "courage", "joy" (anger);
- "grandfather", "raspberry" (Moscow);
- "beauty", "height" (latitude), and so on.
It happens that it is quite difficult to select verification forms in this way, in addition, there are exceptions, but this option will help out in many cases.