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Woodland The Daily Democrat on MSNOpinion

Column: Pronunciation and spelling are still important

Once upon a time, I was asked at the place where I work part time to create a pronunciation guide to some common words.
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Five exceptional spellers from different Catholic schools made history when they exhausted the competition's word list in 11 ...
The Kathmandu Post on MSN

Vocabulary augmentation: Then and now

But in higher grades, our English teachers used to tell us that we had to learn the spellings and meanings of new words to expand our vocabulary so that our command over the English language—both our ...
Oddly, "misspell," a not-particularly easy word to spell, is not on a recently released list of words Americans most often misspell. But as the Scripps National Spelling Bee gets underway, a study by ...
The U.S. showed the highest frequency of use for that word, coming in at more than twice that of second place United Kingdom.
Victoria wins most, from reading in Year 3 to numeracy in Year 9, with a few exceptions. The advantage does wane somewhat ...
Today’s youth can achieve extraordinary results—if they push beyond comfort, build discipline, and strengthen foundational ...
To me, it seems like Notepad's spellcheck is more word-focused instead of trying to identify the context and figure out which ...
Before choosing a French name for your dog, remember that like Spanish, Italian, or Portuguese, French is a Romance language, ...
Staying alert, taking a moment to research unfamiliar sellers or offers, and approaching deals that seem too good to be true ...