English Spellings
Subhash Chandra
I tend to forget spellings some times even simple ones. Now
a days I am getting a doubt that the spelling written by me is correct or
not
and I have to check(most of the times what I have written is correct).
Are there any techniques, tips, available to remeber spellings?
thanks,
Subhash.
meirm...@erols.com
Chandra" <ysch...@yahoo.com> posted:
Read a lot? Some times I'll look at a word I've known all my life
and it will look so silly, I can't believe it's a word at all.
>
>thanks,
>Subhash.
>
mei...@QQQerols.com If you email me, please let me know whether
remove the QQQ or not you are posting the same letter.
Lynda
remember.
>
> thanks,
> Subhash.
in grade 4 i repeatedly made mistakes spelling 'beautiful'. the teacher
made me write it out one or two hundred times.
even now when i type it, i hear 'bee ee ay you tee eye eff you ell" in my
mind.
so, i suggest that if there's a word you often misspell, you should write it
out (on paper) a dozen or so times. also get a spell checker for your email
program. if it prompts you enough times about the same word, you'll start
to remember how it's spelled (or at least remember that x is a word you
often misspell and look it up)
anyway, it works for me.
Lynda
--
"if you don't like my fire,
then don't come around;
cause I'm gonna burn one down.
yes I'm gonna burn one down."
Ben Harper (Burn One Down)
M.J.Powell
meirm...@erols.com writes
>In alt.english.usage on Thu, 15 Feb 2001 15:31:02 +0530 "Subhash
>Chandra" <ysch...@yahoo.com> posted:
>
>>Hi,
>>
>>I tend to forget spellings some times even simple ones. Now
>>a days I am getting a doubt that the spelling written by me is correct or
>>not
>>and I have to check(most of the times what I have written is correct).
>>
>>Are there any techniques, tips, available to remeber spellings?
>
>Read a lot? Some times I'll look at a word I've known all my life
>and it will look so silly, I can't believe it's a word at all.
I once spent five minutes trying to remember how to spell 'any'. It
didn't look right to me.
Mike
--
M.J.Powell
Bill McCray
I once had the same experience with "how". I think my memory chips
need to be replaced.
Bill McCray
Lexington, KY
meirm...@erols.com
BillM...@mindspring.com (Bill McCray) posted:
Not sure if that will work anyhow.
Hehehehehe
>Bill McCray
>Lexington, KY
chris mccabe
the professor. It actually has a name . . . but of course, I can't remember it. I
need to email him anyway to ask him some questions; I'll just throw that one on
at the end and post it when I get a response. Thanks!!
Chris McCabe
Odysseus
>
> I had a linguistics class in college, and this exact phenomenon was brought up by
> the professor. It actually has a name . . . but of course, I can't remember it. I
> need to email him anyway to ask him some questions; I'll just throw that one on
> at the end and post it when I get a response. Thanks!!
>
of unfamiliarity with something that should be recognizable is sometimes
called _jamais vu_, complementing the better-known _déją vu_.
--Odysseus
Roberta Davies
Had something like that the other morning with money, trying to
buy the daily papers. I could tell you the value of each
individual coin in my hand, but for the life of me I couldn't add
two of them together (not even 20p + 10p) or count out the sum I
needed. The newsagent finally took the appropriate coins from my
hand (good thing I trust him).
I have never been very good at money-handling, but that really
floored me. Scary -- a whole area of brain gone blank. It was
back again by the next day. Lack of sleep probably contributed
to it.
Robbie