Spelling Rule-14: Use of /Cial/ and /Tial/
Do we spell with “cial” as in “social” or with “tial” as in “essential”?
Spelling Rule 14.1: Spell with “cial” after a vowel as in “social”
Examples
- Facial
- Special
- Artificial
- Beneficial
- Racial
- special
- crucial
- glacial
- asocial
- special
- faucial
- fascial
- surficial
- biosocial
- altricial
- precocial
- trifacial
- englacial
- non-racial
- edificial
- orifical
- non-social
- sub social
- dissocial
- commercial
- beneficial
- artificial
- provincial
- unofficial
- antisocial
- homosocial
- subglacial
- apothecial
- simplicial
Exceptions:
- Financial
- Commercial
- Provincial
Spelling Rule 14.2: Spell with “tial” after a consonant as in “essential.
Examples:
- substantial
- residential
- influential
- exponential
- existential
- deferential
- inferential
- reverential
- penitential
- inessential
- unessential
- postnuptial
- equinoctial
- antenuptial
- referential
- partial
- spatial
- martial
- bestial
- nuptial
Exceptions:
- Initial
- Spatial
- Palatial
Controversial
Memorize these seven exceptions—the word “controversial” contradicts all the rules because it is spelled with an “s.”
Spelling Rules
Spelling Rule- Before You Start: Part-A
Spelling Rule- 1: Syllables
Spelling Rule- 2 : English Words Never end with
Spelling Rule- 3 : “Y” acts as a consonant as well as a vowel
Spelling Rule- 4 : Two sounds of “C”
Spelling Rule- 5 : Two sounds of “G”
Spelling Rule- 6 : Magic-E/Silent-E
Spelling Rule- 7 : Drop the “e” rule
Spelling Rule-8: The 1:1:1 doubling-up rule
Spelling Rule-9: A E O U at the end of the Syllable
Spelling Rule-10: The Rabbit rule
Spelling Rule- Before You Start: Part-A
Spelling Rule- 11: The FLOSS/FLSZ rule
Spelling Rule- 12 : Use of C or K to pronounce K
Spelling Rule- 13: Use of /CH/ & /TCH/
Spelling Rule- 14: Use of /Cial/ & /Tial/
Spelling Rule-15: Two vowel’s sounds
Spelling Rule- 16 : Short Vowel Sounds
Spelling Rule- 17 : Long Vowel Sounds
Spelling Rule-18: Vowels in Short Words
Spelling Rule-19: Long Vowels’ Rules and Patterns
Spelling Rule-20: W is the Boss