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12 Mnemonic Devices That Make Spelling Tricky Words So, So Easy
By Audrey Engvalson,
14 hours ago
Recently, I asked the BuzzFeed Community for little brain tricks to remember hard-to-spell words. Here are 12 of the best that I've already committed to memory.
1. "Restaurant, I think of this nonsensical phrase: 'rest and your aunt.' Rest-a(nd)-ur-aunt"
4. "'Than' is used to compare things (I have more than you), while 'then' is used to indicate when something occurs (I went to the library, then to the park). So if I ever can't remember which is which, I just reminded myself that 'then' is 'when' with a 't.'"
11. "Another one for Mississippi I learned from P Valley , which I think is popular in the South: M, I, crooked letter, crooked letter, I, crooked letter, crooked letter, I, humpback, humpback, I."
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