Strokes: P B T D

	Short Form	Derivatives/related/similar words
put		putting (present participle of put), putt, putting (present participle of putt)
special specially		specialise specialist
speak		speaking speaker spoke spoken
principle principal principally		principled principality
people		peopling peopled
surprise		surprises surprising surprisingly
surprised
particular		particularly particularity particle
opportunity		opportunist opportunism inopportune
spirit		spiriting spirited spiritual spirit-level "spiritual" and its derivatives sit on the line rather than placing the Ell stroke through the line, in order to keep the short form part in its correct position
be		being become becoming became bee
to be		to become
subject subjected		subjecting subject-matter (=noun; if used as separate words in a phrase, the main short form would be used)
subjective		subjectively subjectivity* subjectivism* subjectiveness *Optional Contractions
subjection
liberty		liberate liberated liberation libertine
member remember remembered		membership remembering remembrance dismember
number numbered		numbering numberless
belief believe believed		believing believer believable believingly
behalf
been		Can use N hook in some phrases has-been (noun), had been, have been, may have been
balance		balancing balanced balance-sheet unbalanced imbalance
build building		buildable build-up builder
it		its it's
itself
truth		truths truthful truthfulness
tried		trying trier trial
toward trade		trading trader trader tradesman trades-union
towards
tell		telling teller tell (=hill)
till		until till (=cash register or work the soil) (It is incorrect to put an apostrophe before the conjunction "till", it is a word in its own right and not counted as an abbreviation of "until"
told		toll tolled
circumstance		circumstances circumstantial not to be confused with the contraction: substantial-ly
satisfaction		satisfy satisfactory satisfactorily
instructive		instructively instructiveness
instruction		instruct instructor instructional
had		hadn't
do		doing done doer
different difference		differently differ differential differentiate
Dr doctor		doctoring doctored doctorate doctrine
dear		dearer dearest dearly dearness deer
during		durable duration endure enduring
deliver delivered delivery		delivering deliverer deliverable
deliverance
advantage		advantageous advantageously advantageousness advantaged disadvantage
difficult		difficulty

"Whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable – if anything is excellent or praiseworthy – think about such things." (Philippians 4:8)

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