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2. Dolch word list - Wikipedia

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   The Dolch word list is a list of frequently used English words (also known as sight words), compiled by Edward William Dolch, a major proponent of the "whole-word" method of beginning reading instruction. The list was first published in a journal article in 1936 [1] and then published in his book Problems in Reading in 1948. [2]

3. List of Latin words with English derivatives - Wikipedia

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   This is a list of Latin words with derivatives in English (and other modern languages). Ancient orthography did not distinguish between i and j or between u and v. [1] Many modern works distinguish u from v but not i from j. In this article, both distinctions are shown as they are helpful when tracing the origin of English words.

4. Ancient Greek nouns - Wikipedia

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   In Ancient Greek, all nouns are classified according to grammatical gender (masculine, feminine, neuter) and are used in a number (singular, dual, or plural). According to their function in a sentence, their form changes to one of the five cases (nominative, vocative, accusative, genitive, or dative). The set of forms that a noun will take for ...

5. From gladiolus to murraya: The 10 most difficult words from ...

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   Some believe that earlier spelling bees included simpler words to spell, such as “knack” and “therapy”, while recent participants have been required to spell words like “appoggiatura ...

6. American and British English spelling differences - Wikipedia

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   The word comes from hark. The spelling hearken was probably influenced by hear. [157] Both spellings are found everywhere. idyll: idyl: Idyl is the spelling of the word preferred in the US by the Merriam-Webster dictionary, for the same reason as the double consonant rule; idyll, the original form from Greek eidullion, is also used. jail, gaol ...

7. English possessive - Wikipedia

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   English grammar. In English, possessive words or phrases exist for nouns and most pronouns, as well as some noun phrases. These can play the roles of determiners (also called possessive adjectives when corresponding to a pronoun) or of nouns. For nouns, noun phrases, and some pronouns, the possessive is generally formed with the suffix -'s, but ...