Example sentences for: spelling

How can you use “spelling” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • The entries cover spelling, pronunciation, grammar, punctuation, usage, buzz words, and subsets of all of those.

  • In various surveys conducted by dictionary publishers over the past years, it has emerged that the main use to which people put dictionaries is to find the correct spelling of a word; the next most frequent use is to determine the meaning of a word; determination of pronunciaton, etymology, synonyms, usage notes, and any other paraphernalia offered comes low on the list.

  • Because of a recent criticism I was recently moved to express concerning the spelling of flack for press agent, I looked it up and found it under flack , where the fancied etymology is quoted from Better English ([June 28] 1939):

  • They rescued me in spelling (“The princi pal is your pal.”

  • A Whole New Approach to Your Body, Brain and Life as a Gurl . In it, not only do they designate a new spelling for "girl" (!) and are not afraid to discuss vaginal discharge (!), but apparently "tampons are drawn with grinning faces."


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