spelling
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Why Do Yanks Spell Words Differently?
23“The United States and Great Britain are two countries separated by a common language.” So goes the old chestnut commonly attributed to playwright George Bernard Shaw. One of those separations is in the spelling of words like colour (color), theatre (theater), and realise (realize). But how did this separation occur?
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Change Your Font For Easier Proofreading
Proofreading your own work is hard. It’s your words, so it’s hard to spot the errors. One way to make your work look different is to change the font.
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Get Better Movie Download Results By Searching For The US Title And Spelling
Earlier in the week, I caught an advanced screening of Bad Neighbours which will be landing in Australian theatres on 8 May. If you like gross-out humour and can abide the slobbery comedy stylings of Seth Rogen, the movie isn’t too bad. Finding a downloadable copy from the country of origin could be a problem…
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Use Passwords To Help Improve Your Spelling
For a password to be effective, it has to be difficult. Reader CrowdedTrousers takes an unusual approach to this: choose a word you don’t know how to spell, and the repeated effort of typing it correctly will help you to learn it.
