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126 SPELLING

Why learn to spell?

SPELLING IS IMPORTANT FOR BOTH READING AND WRITING.

Rules can help with spelling; however, there are many exceptions to these
rules, which can sometimes make spelling difficult. Learning to spell well
is worth the effort, since it helps a writer convey meaning clearly.

Letters
The word alphabet
There are twenty-six letters in the English alphabet, which can
be written as lowercase or capital letters. These letters also comes from the first
make specific sounds, with some making more than one sound. two letters of the Greek
In special cases, two letters—such as c and h—combine
to produce one unique sound different from any individual alphabet: alpha and beta.
letter sound, such as ch in change. Understanding when to use
lowercase and capital letters helps improve spelling,
and better spelling increases the overall quality of writing.

a b c d e f g h i j k l m

n o p q r s t u v w x y z

These lowercase letters representing
the whole alphabet are arranged
in alphabetical order.

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F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 F7 F8 F9 F10 F11 F12
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The QWERTY keyboard— ~ ! @ # $ % ^ & * ( ) +
named after the first six ` 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 - =
letters and arranged in
capital letters—was put Q W E R T Y U I O P { }
in this order so that the [ ]
most common letters
were not close together, : ”
thereby avoiding mistakes A S D F G H J K L
that caused jams in ; ’
early typewriters.
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