Don’t you love it when rules are available at your fingertips that help to clear out all those question marks that float around in our thinking and questioning caps, well, I know I do. Over the weekend a question came up in regards to the word “unessential” questioning whether or not the final-Letter groupsign “ness” can be used or not used in this particular word. The challenge was on in answering this question. Guess what?? The answer is drumroll please, NO you cannot use the final-letter contraction “ness”. Just to confirm it, the UEB Dictionary also said no. Here is why. If you sound it out the pronunciation would not allow this contraction to be used, nor would it allow for clear readability. Thank you for such a great question, all the way from Hawaii. : ) — Denise Bean
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