​Spelling – Why It’s Important to Learn How to Spell

There are many reasons why spelling is important.

Here are my top three:

1. As a writer, your goal should be to communicate well with the reader. By spelling words correctly and using the correct words, it is easier for the reader to understand the text being read and not get distracted by spelling errors and misuse of words.
   
   
2. It’s a great idea to use the Internet and computer programs to help us learn the spelling of words, but we still cannot rely on computers to catch spelling mistakes. Click here for a list of the types of errors that are invisible to computers.
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3. Learning to spell is a useful lifelong skill and lays a solid foundation that you need throughout your education and life. College/university applications and job resumes/CVs are not very successful if they’re not carefully written and error-free.

British Versus American English—Alphabetical List

British versus American English—Category List

Commonly Misspelled Words Your Spell Checker Won’t Catch!

Nouns That Never Take the Plural “s”

​Words with Silent Letters in English