Teaching children how to break down words into their meaning and origin can help them be better spellers.
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It was a rocky beginning for English spelling. Then things got worse.
In a language as idiosyncratic as English, linguistic pedantry is futile and misguided.
Perfect spelling, vocabulary, usage, grammar, punctuation and style do not necessarily correlate perfectly with intelligence and competence, but most people infer that they do. Thus perception is reality.
