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The Scholastic Dictionary of Spelling
Scholastic Inc.
ISBN 0-439-14496-5 PBK
224 pages
Ages 8 and up

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The Scholastic Dictionary of Spelling
by Marvin Terban

With more than 600,000 words, English makes spelling a challenge for the most diligent students. Here's a handy alphabetical guide of more than 15,000 words that you can turn to for an instant spell-check.

Author Marvin Terban also helps guide you through the spelling maze with
  • a dozen and one rules that help make word endings more predictable,
  • more than 150 clever tricks to help you remember how to spell commonly misspelled words,
  • and a Misspeller's Dictionary to help you find that word you don't even know how to look up.

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Excerpt from THE SCHOLASTIC DICTIONARY OF SPELLING
by Marvin Terban

Memory Tricks

Trying to spell some words can be very difficult. Sometimes it helps to know a trick or two. Here are some good memory tricks for more than 150 words that are often spelled wrong.

accident
car crash + dent = accident

accommodations
At the clean, cute, marvelous motel, the accommodations are good.

acre
The cathedral is built on a sacred acre of land.

address
ad + dress = address

advice
My advice is don't slip on the ice.


From The Scholastic Dictionary of Spelling, copyright © 1998 by Marvin Terban.