English, whatever its merits as a language, is a bitch to spell. There are so many rules, and so many exceptions, and yet in the end you have to learn a lot of words on a case-by-case basis. If future ...
In the summer of 1859, a year before his election to the U.S. presidency, Abraham Lincoln received a curious letter in the mail. Addressed to “A. Linkon Esq.” and dated “Ogust 6,” it was written in ...
While going through some old schoolwork, Sal Perez discovered a sheet of paper from his preschool years in which he drew out shapes and attempted to spell their names underneath. He shared a photo of ...
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LONDON (Reuters) - Enough is enuf. Sign up here. The Simplified Spelling Society (SSS) is celebrating its 99th birthday by launching a new campaign to make it easier to read and write English. It may ...
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