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Word Spelling

Spelling is the act of forming words correctly from individual letters and requires the ability to spell words consisting of several letters correctly. There are differences between American and British spelling, such as the word "center" being spelled "center" in American English and "centre" in British English. Variant spellings occur when a word has more than two accepted spellings, such as "among" and "amongst". Learning spelling helps with communication, literacy, employment opportunities, and teaches grammar and sentence structure.

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Word Spelling

Spelling is the act of forming words correctly from individual letters and requires the ability to spell words consisting of several letters correctly. There are differences between American and British spelling, such as the word "center" being spelled "center" in American English and "centre" in British English. Variant spellings occur when a word has more than two accepted spellings, such as "among" and "amongst". Learning spelling helps with communication, literacy, employment opportunities, and teaches grammar and sentence structure.

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WORD SPELLING AND

VARIANTS SPELLING
A. WORD SPELLING
Word spelling is the act of forming words correctly from
individual letters; the ability to do this.

Spelling is the act of forming words correctly


from each letter, and the ability to spell.

In conclusion, spelling is the ability to


spell a word consisting of several
letters correctly.
The purpose of learning spelling

01. Communication
spelling is an important component of
communication

02. Literacy
spelling and reading skills are very helpful and
help develop overall literacy.

03. Employment
quality has a direct impact on
employment opportunities.

04. Teach us grammar and sentence


structure
Difference between American
and British Spelling
There is a difference between British and American
spelling. The pronunciation is almost the same, but we
have to be consistent when spelling the writing, either
using American or British spelling. For example, the
word center in American English is center, which is “C”
“E” “N” “T” “E” “R”, but in British English we write
center with “C” “E” “N” “T” "R" "E ".a
VARIANTS SPELLING
Variant spellings occur when a word
has more than one accepted spelling.

Why Do We Need to Learn


About Spelling Variants?

Avoid For
Confusion Appropriate
Writing
HowMany Spelling
Variants Are in English?
There are mainly two spelling variants accepted
globally - American and British English. British English
is obviously the most widespread and accepted
variant, but the popularity of American English
cannot be ignored.
Other examples of common words with
variant spellings include:

Among / Amongst Usable / Useable


This word has two accepted “Usable” is by far the most
endings (similar terms include common spelling of this word, but
amid/amidst and while/whilst). “useable” is also accepted in all
The “-st” ending is much less regional dialects of English.
common in American English. Nobody is quite sure why.
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