By Spelling

Mimick is actually an old-fashioned spelling, but the modern spelling is always mimic. However, it conjugates irregularly by adding a "k": mimicked, mimicking. This is because "mimiced" "looks wrong". It looks as if "-iced" should be pronounced as in...

I was wondering what is the rule for the spelling of words that contain double consonants?For example:Do I spell the word "recommended" with two Ms or just one? (I am aware that its one M, but why?).Most of the time you can sound out a word to figure out a repeated consonant or vowel or...

.Oh, I can always find something else (but I may have messed up your formatted columns):Lesson PlanPreparation Level : Elementary Lesson Length: 45 minutes Objective: To be able to use the Past Simple question forms and short answers. Target Language: did + subject + base form of verb ( Did...

Hi New2grammarThere are metered car parking spaces in St. Giles and in the surrounding streets. (This means that you should use ‘in … the streets’, not ‘on’.) There were no cars around, and if there was a car in the street… (Here again ‘in’ is used.) What I’ve found points to the...

I would say "labelled him an idiot". Yes, you could describe it thus. To me, "labelled" has a stronger sense that Mary thinks he's an all-round idiot by nature (rather than just being idiotic on one occasion, say). US spelling would be "labeled".

Yes, same meaning, but the connotations are different:Let me lay it out for you. [as in presenting/spreading on a table Let me spell it out for you. [as in spelling a word

Your guess is correct, Avangi. The term "relative superlative" is rarely used even in Finland, but it does exist here. I suppose European grammarians think it's enough to distinguish the two superlatives if one of them has a modifier (absolute).I think the development of the...

I wonder if this is the same as the American greeting used frequently in O'Hara's Appointment in Samarra, spelled "Hyuh". O'Hara seems to put it in the mouths of the male characters more often. The story takes place in Pennsylvania in 1930. I don't see that spelling...

<People should not view "results" such as the following, for example, to be the "truth" about spelling:>Nor these about knowing how to use that corpus:shan't- 0..These might show that you know something about using it, though:sha n't - 495

Day gently breaks. On the northern shore of Bali, fishermen are heading out to catch ornamental fish. The ocean floor, which used to be covered with beautiful healthy coral, is now a coral graveyard. Fishermen have been catching the fish with arsenide, a chemical that stuns fish but also kills 2...