How Do You Spell Yours?
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rooves hooves an hotel. And, if i can mention two particular bete noirs of mine independEnt and definIte.
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Year 3 Term 2
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A good source of KS2 words and rules.Extension activity
u Plural investigations
– words ending in vowels (es unless preceded by another vowel);
– words ending in f (ff add s; f or fe use ves);– plurals that don’t use s at all, e.g. children, men, women, teeth, oxen,
geese, feet, deer, fish, sheep, mice, dice, lice, larvae, antennae, etc.
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mad? - I agree with being really annoyed by 'independant' and 'definate' , but what really gets me going is 'grammer'!! 
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Yes, yes, yes, yes, YES!mad? wrote:rooves hooves an hotel. And, if i can mention two particular bete noirs of mine independEnt and definIte.
I could not agree more.
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Stationery and stationary. Do they not teach "e" for envelope i.e. stationery these days
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My daughter was given both of those words in a spelling test last year, by a supply teacher (stationary and stationery) and the teacher got them the wrong way around! I always teach 'e as in pen' and 'a as in car'.
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I would love it if this site censored (in the way that it does some words) the use of the term 'appearing' to describe when a DC is sitting an exam. Or perhaps I should get a life instead...
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Fascinating. I have learnt something today. I had always assumed "rooves", but checked Fowler's "Modern English Usage" (published 1926) and discovered that he has much to say about "-fs" against "-ves". For example did you know that "beeves" is correct for oxen but "beefs" for kinds of beef?
On "roof" he gives "no -v forms"
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On "roof" he gives "no -v forms"
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What really annoys me is seperate, I was taught "there is a rat in the middle of separate"
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I replied and it vanished, so apologies if this appears twice!
Principal and principle. There, their and they're. Would of. Oh joy, I'm turning into my father!
Principal and principle. There, their and they're. Would of. Oh joy, I'm turning into my father!
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