This image is a screen shot taken from a news report aired on Martin Luther King Day in January 2007 on a Texas television station. A few of the local community members who had gathered that day carried signs displaying misspellings of the word "dream" and neither the station's cameraman or the editor noticed the mistake before the piece aired.
Now it's time for me to put my bragging pants on. I am a very good speller. I always have been. I think I would make a great proofreader since mistakes in text just seem to jump out at me (I share this gift with my Dad). My brain seems to instantly conjure wiggly red lines under any text that is incorrect. However, I am not completely immune to the odd error in spelling so I am a strong believer in having little ways to remember tricky words. I'd like to share a few with you now. These are all taken from a list of commonly misspelled words.
necessary - you wear one collar and two socks
cemetery - the three e's look like three tombstones in a row
stationery - remember the 'e' in envelope
dessert - you'd like seconds, so there are two s's (as opposed to the one s in desert)
separate - there's "a rat" in the middle of this word
Government - they govern over the land (they DON'T gover over the land)
diarrhoea - Run Rapidly Home Or Else Accident (!)
embarrass - I went really red and smiled shyly
liaise - you need two eyes (ii) to liaise
And last but not least, my favourite for remembering the word "difficulty" (it comes from the brilliant film "Matilda") -
Mrs D, Mrs I, Mrs FFI,
Mrs C, Mrs U, Mrs LTY.
And for those of you who are thinking "What's all the fuss about, I have spellchecker!" DON'T BE LAZY and remember that the poem below will pass the spellcheck test every time.
Now it's time for me to put my bragging pants on. I am a very good speller. I always have been. I think I would make a great proofreader since mistakes in text just seem to jump out at me (I share this gift with my Dad). My brain seems to instantly conjure wiggly red lines under any text that is incorrect. However, I am not completely immune to the odd error in spelling so I am a strong believer in having little ways to remember tricky words. I'd like to share a few with you now. These are all taken from a list of commonly misspelled words.
necessary - you wear one collar and two socks
cemetery - the three e's look like three tombstones in a row
stationery - remember the 'e' in envelope
dessert - you'd like seconds, so there are two s's (as opposed to the one s in desert)
separate - there's "a rat" in the middle of this word
Government - they govern over the land (they DON'T gover over the land)
diarrhoea - Run Rapidly Home Or Else Accident (!)
embarrass - I went really red and smiled shyly
liaise - you need two eyes (ii) to liaise
And last but not least, my favourite for remembering the word "difficulty" (it comes from the brilliant film "Matilda") -
Mrs D, Mrs I, Mrs FFI,
Mrs C, Mrs U, Mrs LTY.
And for those of you who are thinking "What's all the fuss about, I have spellchecker!" DON'T BE LAZY and remember that the poem below will pass the spellcheck test every time.
"EYE HALVE A SPELLING CHEQUER
IT CAME WITH MY PEA SEA
IT PLAINLY MARQUES FOUR MY REVUE
MISS STEAKS EYE KIN KNOT SEA.
EYE STRIKE A KEY AND TYPE A WORD
AND WEIGHT FOUR IT TWO SAY
WEATHER EYE AM WRONG OAR WRITE
IT SHOWS ME STRAIT A WEIGH.
AS SOON AS A MIST ACHE IS MAID
IT NOSE BEE FORE TWO LONG
AND EYE CAN PUT THE ERROR RITE
ITS RARE LEA EVER WRONG.
EYE HAVE RUN THIS POEM THREW IT
I AM SHORE YOUR PLEASED TWO NO
ITS LETTER PERFECT AWL THE WEIGH
MY CHEQUER TOLLED ME SEW"
IT CAME WITH MY PEA SEA
IT PLAINLY MARQUES FOUR MY REVUE
MISS STEAKS EYE KIN KNOT SEA.
EYE STRIKE A KEY AND TYPE A WORD
AND WEIGHT FOUR IT TWO SAY
WEATHER EYE AM WRONG OAR WRITE
IT SHOWS ME STRAIT A WEIGH.
AS SOON AS A MIST ACHE IS MAID
IT NOSE BEE FORE TWO LONG
AND EYE CAN PUT THE ERROR RITE
ITS RARE LEA EVER WRONG.
EYE HAVE RUN THIS POEM THREW IT
I AM SHORE YOUR PLEASED TWO NO
ITS LETTER PERFECT AWL THE WEIGH
MY CHEQUER TOLLED ME SEW"
Need help? Try the following website, it's great -
http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/words/spelling/
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