TS II Lesson 28

[MamaHill Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close MamaHill]

I am sure this has been addressed but I can't find it in a search (even using site: ___)

For Traditional Spelling II, Lesson 28:

Why is 'played' considered two syllables?

I'm preparing for this coming week and realize that 'played' has a bullet between the base word and the suffix. When I say the word, it's one syllable. Same as 'cried'.

The dictionary also shows it as one syllable.

What am I missing?

Thanks!
Lauren

[MamaHill Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close MamaHill]

Hmm. And what about 'studied' and 'studying' from the same list? There are no bullets for syllables.

I looked in the corrections section but couldn't find anything.

[Michael Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Michael]

Good evening Laura,

You're not missing anything; those three words are affected by typos. The correct syllabication is played (1 syllable), stud-ied (2 syllables), and stud-y-ing (3 syllables). Thank you for catching these!