Finding Inflections; Finding Confusables - Franklin BOOKMAN SCD-770 User Manual

Merriam-webster collegiate dictionary, speaking edition
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Finding Inflections

Inflections are the changes in a word's form
such as case, gender, number, tense, per-
son, mood, or voice. Verbs have more in-
flections than other parts of speech.
1. Type a word at the Word Entry
screen or find a dictionary entry.
To learn how, read "Finding Dictionary
Entries."
2. Hold
and press
Or press
MENU
tions from the Topic menu.
If Inflections is italicized, then your word
does not have any inflected forms.
3. Highlight a part of speech, if
needed, and press
4. Hold
and press
and press
inflections, if any.
To see a previous inflection, if any,
hold
and press
5. Press
to go back.
BACK
6. Press
when finished.
CLEAR
.
F
and select Inflec-
.
ENTER
or hold
F
to see more
DN
.
UP

Finding Confusables

Confusables are words that are often con-
fused or that sound alike but are spelled
differently. Rain, reign, and rein are ex-
amples of Confusables. Not every word
will have Confusables. Note: You can also
find Confusables in text by highlighting a
word and pressing
1. Type a word at the Word Entry
screen. For example, type air.
2. Hold
Or press
MENU
Confusables from the Topic menu.
If Confusables is italicized, then your
word does not have Confusables.
3. Press
ENTER
4. Highlight a Confusable or its mean-
ing and do one of the following:
To...
find a dictionary entry
hear the word
pronounced
find a thesaurus entry
16
.
?
and press
.
C
and select
to start a highlight.
®
Press...
ENTER
SAY
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