For example, a student might learn to spell the word "rhythm" by learning the sentence "rhythm helps your two hips move." The first letter of each word spells "rhythm" correctly.

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Enough of the excruciatingly bad grammar and spelling example. You get the point: the grammar gremlins can ruin your quality content in the blink of a comma or the drop of a syllable.

No. Spelling Bee Buddy is a new and optional experience for players who are interested, and it doesn’t change anything about Spelling Bee or Spelling Bee Forum. For example, while we’re ...

Male in grey jumper: In the workplace we use common letter patterns for such examples as number three, eliminate defeats, number eight, learn and innovate. A-T-E, A-T-E. It is important to make it ...

A misspelled tweet describing a crush as adorable is changed to say she is "affordable." The text message "I like himm" is changed to "I like Himmler." Damn you, autocorrect! By now most of us ...

Spelling instruction has waned in recent years. ... (for example, the short “a” vowel sound), students read together examples of words that share this principle, ...

For example, at times a dyslexic person may know the beginning sound or vowel sound in a syllable but have difficulty mapping to the correct spelling as in recalling the spellings of Kathy or ...

As Gabe Henry notes in “Enough Is Enuf,” a history of the largely futile efforts to overhaul English spelling, Webster wasn’t motivated by nationalism alone.

Pastry purveyors around the country are celebrating a favorite American treat on Friday, resurfacing an age-old spelling kerfuffle. Is it "doughnut" or "donut"? Many dictionaries take the middle ...

If you haven't heard about the Black girl who won the first national spelling bee in the U.S. 115 years ago, you're not alone: even many in her family didn't know about Marie C. Bolden's feat ...