sh – ti or ci

Fun Spelling

The sound ‘sh’. In many words this ‘sh’ sound is represented by ‘ti’ eg. station, nation, information, education.
However, where a new word is formed from a ‘root’ word, the ending is linked to its ‘root word. In the following words the ‘sh’ sound is represented by ‘ci’. music – musician, space – spacious, finance – financial.

station
action
mention
section
direction
nation
information
education
musician
spacious
special
financial
delicious

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