I often wondered whether my parents knew the answer. Their answer was always look it up in the dictionary. But if I knew how to spell it I wouldn’t need the dictionary, but you need to know how to spell it to look it up.
Almost always one should have some idea of how the word is spelled – take “alliegience” … (yes, I left it misspelled) … starting with the “all” one gets to find “allegiance” … I did have a word I couldn’t find once … It was a word I hadn’t used or seen in years and was starting with the wrong letter. That said – I’m so glad for spellcheck and syn/ant as part of word processors.
GROG Premium Member over 9 years ago
I often wondered whether my parents knew the answer. Their answer was always look it up in the dictionary. But if I knew how to spell it I wouldn’t need the dictionary, but you need to know how to spell it to look it up.
silverclaw33 over 9 years ago
Nowadays we just use spell check for that kinda thing.
Marathon Zack over 9 years ago
How do you look it up if you don’t know how to spell it?
drdougsteward over 9 years ago
Almost always one should have some idea of how the word is spelled – take “alliegience” … (yes, I left it misspelled) … starting with the “all” one gets to find “allegiance” … I did have a word I couldn’t find once … It was a word I hadn’t used or seen in years and was starting with the wrong letter. That said – I’m so glad for spellcheck and syn/ant as part of word processors.
pschearer Premium Member over 9 years ago
Spell it out: N-IG-MUH.
K M over 9 years ago
Hey, it worked for Ben Carson’s mom. She was illiterate; he became a world-renowned pediatric neurosurgeon.
Sisyphos over 9 years ago
Some kids are just too smart (even if they can’t spell)!
bearwws over 9 years ago
My grandgirl used to help me spell when she was in6th grade.