cheap IT labor in UK

[AtW]

However, there are some exceptions.

atonement

Your turn.

[Peoplesoft bloke]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/mai...17/cnit117.xml

labour

[MrRobin]

Well done AtW, that's an improvement

[AtW]

Well done AtW, that's an improvement

Ok, I'll let you win - just finished my work day and can't be arsed of thinking hard to find more of those words, but don't take this as a complete abandonnement of my argument

[MrRobin]

You know what, I take it back. I think there are far more words that keep the 'e' when adding the -ment suffix than dropping the e. My humble apologies.

Stupid Google search.

[AtW]

Stupid Google search.

Clever
SKA

Ok, I admit - I found that word by searching

[Diver]

Maybe with a few more polite foreign imported IT contractors, this will be a nicer forum.

Isn't that right AtW

[AZZIK]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/mai...17/cnit117.xml

Yep...I have one sat in front of me from India, and one next to me!

Their rates are probably crap, but £1 is equal to their 120 Rupees! So even £20 an hour means 19,200 Rupees a month! People in India with highly skilled jobs earn that in just over 3 years!

I think we are doomed!

[Churchill]

Yep...I have one sat in front of me from India, and one next to me!

Their rates are probably crap, but £1 is equal to their 120 Rupees! So even £20 an hour means 19,200 Rupees a month! People in India with highly skilled jobs earn that in just over 3 years!

I think we are doomed!

I think they're crap!

[KathyWoolfe]

The final e is dropped when you add the suffix ment to a word. Two examples are judge + ment = judgment and acknowledge + ment = acknowledgment.

However, there are some exceptions. For example: encourage + ment = encouragement, achieve + ment = achievement, and enhance + ment = enhancement.

Exercises

1. judge + ment =

2. achieve + ment =

3. acknowledge + ment =

4. enchance + ment =

5. encourage + ment =


For more information on suffixes, check out pages 102-106 in "Scholastic Guides Checking Your Grammar" by Marvin Terban.

HTH

Glad I'm not the only pedant on here!!!