Finding Inflections |
| Finding Confusables® |
Inflections are the changes in a word’s form such as case, gender, number, tense, person, mood, or voice. Verbs have more inflections than other parts of speech.
1.Press CLEAR .
2.Type a word. For example, type mean.
If you want, press ENTER to see its dictionary entry.
3. Press INFL (the red key).
4.Highlight a part of speech, if needed, and press ENTER . For ex- ample, select mean (verb).
5. Press INFL (red) or hold ✩ and press DN to see more in- flections, if any.
To see a previous inflection, hold
✩and press UP .
6.Press CLEAR when finished.
Confusables are words that are often confused or that sound alike but are spelled differently. Rain, reign, and rein are examples of Confusables. Not every word will have Confusables.
1.Press CLEAR .
2.Type a word. For example, type air.
If you want, press ENTER to see its dictionary entry.
3.Hold ✩ and press C .
4.Press ENTER to start a highlight.
5.Highlight a Confusable or its meaning and do one of the following:
To... | Press... |
find a dictionary entry | ENTER |
find a thesaurus entry | THES |
find inflected forms | INFL |
find phrases | PHRASE |
add word to your list | LIST |
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