Example sentences for: spellings

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

  • synonyms: neigh/whinny, allow/ permit, change/alter, transform/metamorphose , or to a word that has two accepted spellings which are somewhat different in pronunciation, as negotiate/ negociate, dived/dove, wold/weald, strap/strop .

  • 150] that the simplified spellings advocated by Webster “would probably have happened anyway”--they didn't happen “anyway” in Britain, where, despite the fact that many of the forms cannot be justified etymologically or any other way, the conservatives continue to heap scorn on American spelling.

  • In other words, just a handful of well-chosen modified spellings indicating that a character's speech is nonstandard should be enough to convince readers of the mock speech reality the author is trying to create.

  • In a sense, it seems illogical that we have retained the historic spellings for Spenser's works yet use modern spellings for the titles of plays by his contemporary, William Shakespeare.

  • variant spellings: center/centre, enquire/inquire, -ise/-ize.


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