Which words do you struggle with?
Which words would you like to see here?
Let me know which words you struggle most with, and I'll post them here.
-ABLE
- acceptable - commonly misspelled as acceptible
Remember that you must accept the table.
Accept + table = acceptable with an a
Adding LY
- accidentally - commonly misspelled as accidently
Remember that my tally was wrong by accident.
accident + tally = accidentally
Turning IE into YING
die - dying
Double Letters
- accommodate
Remember to acCOMmodate both guests. (accent on COM)
Both = two, two C's, two M's - embarrass
Remember when you both danced on the bar?
both/bar = two r's for barr - committed - commonly misspelled commited
I'm comMITTed to playing baseball with you.
two Ts in baseball mitt = two Ts in commiTTed
Which ending?
- accordion - commonly misspelled accordian
According to the lion, I can't spell accordion.
Accord + lion (-l) = accordion with an o
I and E
- believe - commonly misspelled as beleive
I believe you are telling a lie.
lie is in beLIEve
A, not E
- calendar - commonly misspelled as calender
Calendars show you the days
da in day = da in calenDAr
E, not A
- category - commonly misspelled as catagory
EEEEEEEw, it's gory!
E + gory = catEGORY - cemetery - commonly misspelled as cemetary
EEEEEEEEEK, the cemetary is all creepy!
E = all Es in cemetEry
-IBLE
- collectible - commonly misspelled as collectable
Your collectibles do NOT belong on the table!
not table = tible for collecTIBLE
They're, There, and Their
Hey, they're in the hay mound.
hey + t 're = they're
there - meaning location
Do you want it here or there?
here = location, add the t for there
their - showing ownership of a group
The heirs got their new thrones today.
heirs = a group, add t to heir for their
To and Too
Me toooooo *whine*
Drag out the oooooo to remember two oos in too
Your and You're
Why, our house is your house.
Our house (belonging to us) is your house (belonging to you)
Why = y + our = your
you're - contraction for "you are"
You're red in the face.
re from red goes at the end of you
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- CeleryStalker CeleryStalker May 15, 2009 @ 3:45 pm
- Pretty helpful tips... hope I can remember them better than the words themselves :)
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- mabelwee mabelwee Feb 25, 2008 @ 11:49 pm
- YES. they're definitely helpful. i find them really useful! do check out my lens at http://www.squidoo.com/Develop-A-Photographic-Memory which has tips on how to rembember words etc.
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- KCStargazer KCStargazer Jul 23, 2007 @ 3:06 pm
- Kimberly
Thanks for the great mnemonics! This lens is a great addition to Squid Ink: Art of the Sea Pen Writers Group. Welcome!
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- Marti Marti Jun 18, 2007 @ 1:07 pm
- Very helpful hints! Welcome to Authors on Squidoo!
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