Did you know that impostor is spelled with “or” and not “er”?
Did you know that guttural is spelled with “ur” and not “er”?
In the word for a big fuss, which letters are doubled? Here it is – hullabaloo.
Gimme a gimmick any day,
To tell me a word is spelled which way.
Stationary and stationery are two words that are often confused. One means to stay in one place, and the other refers to letter-writing material.
The difference in the spellings is in the ending (ary or ery).
The “a” in ary is like the “a” in place. I remained stationary (in one place).
The “e” in ery is like the “e” in letter. I wrote a letter on fine stationery.
EASY!
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I love my native tongue… ❤️
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It’s fun and it’s often a challenge.
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I remember when I learned Russian with its 29-letter Cyrillic alphabet and about a billion rules, my teachers kept telling me it was easier to learn than English because Russian followed its rules (while English doesn’t).
I see their point.
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That is very true. Once you’ve learned the rules, it sure helps if they are followed and I believe English is one of the hardest languages to learn.
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Yeah, I’m embarrassed to admit that just a couple of years ago I learned the difference between capital and Capitol.
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You don’t have to be embarrassed that you learned it. Even though it took you a while, at least you learned it. I bet more people don’t know the difference, than do. English is not easy.
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Anneli, there are little memory devices we can sometimes use. The “e” in stationery is one example I learned as a child.
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These gimmicks are sure helpful, aren’t they? There must be all kinds of them that people use. We don’t have to work as hard to remember things if we can associate them with something else.
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