Silent solid sign is not pronounced in any way, so we make mistakes in words.

“Silent solid sign is not pronounced in any way!” – this we firmly remember from elementary school. But the harder it is to find the right place for such a secretive letter. Today we have selected words with a dividing solid sign, the writing of which is most often difficult.



Adjutant or adjutant, injection or injection, adjutant or adjutant, inyaz, inyaz, or perhaps inyaz? In these words, we are very often confused, inserting a soft sign instead of a hard one and vice versa.

According to the rules, we write a dividing solid sign on the border of the root of words and prefixes ending in a consonant, if after them the letters e, e, yu, I come. For example, drive-in, report.



But before the same vowels, a soft sign, if they stand in the middle of the word (not after the prefix). For example: cognac, serious, brothers. A soft sign is also put before the “o” in foreign words: champignon, botilion, chignon.

7 words that are easy to make mistakes when setting a solid sign

1. Supernatural or supernatural?
   A mistake in this word is made even by the most loyal fans of the eponymous series. Meanwhile, it's simple. The prefix “over” ends in a consonant, and the root begins with the letter “e”. Therefore, it is correct to write “over”.unatural”.
   
   
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2. Adjutant or adjutant?
   In the word helluI don't think so. Or is there? There is an explanation for this case. With a dividing solid sign, words of foreign origin are written with the initial parts “hell”, “ab”, “about”, “diz”, “in”, “con” which are prefixes in the source language, and in Russian as prefixes are usually not distinguished. For example: injection, abjuration, disjunction, object, hellBCjunction.
   
   
   
   Interestingly, according to this rule, it would also be worth writing an “abuser”. After all, the word “ab(y)yuz” comes from the English abuse (ab + use). However, it has not yet entered the dictionary, and its writing continues to be a subject of discussion. Meanwhile, the site "Gramota.ru" recommends writing "abad"youUser.
   
   
3. Inyaz or inyaz?
   If you write as you hear, you want to put a solid sign. But according to the rules, in complex words, he is not needed. For example: ignas, Justice, Party girl, State language.
   
   
   
4. Feldeger or courier?
   Complicated noun felduThe gamekeeper came to us from German and consists of two parts: Feld - field and Jäger - hunter, shooter. The first part can be perceived as a foreign language prefix. Therefore, we write a solid sign, as in the word adjutant.
5. Superyacht or superyacht?
   The prefix ends in a consonant, so put a solid sign, as in the first paragraph. Similar examples: pan-European, counter-tier.
   
   
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6. Solicitor or solicitor?
   It is easy to think that “under” is a prefix, after which, according to the rules, you need to put a solid sign. However, the prefix here is “po”, and the root is “dyach” (from the word deyak). Soft sign is part of the root, so write, of course, underyouCell.
7. Two-tiered or two-tiered?
   Separate solid sign is written in complex words with numerals "two", "three", "four" before the vowels E, Yo, Yu, I. For example: quad-core processor, bunk bed. So why two-step authentication and a three-act play? Because the vowels "a" and "e" this rule, as you may have noticed, does not apply.
   
   
   

We hope that our article will help you to refresh your memory of the rules of the Russian language. And if there are difficulties in writing some words, then they must be remembered so as never to blush, making an elementary mistake.

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