English Spelling

Sometimes in the English language, you may come across words that have been contracted. We usually contract (shorten) words in English to join two...

Spelling mistakes can be very distracting for the reader; they can also be confusing if the writer has confused the word they have written with...

There are many silent letters in the English language, and they can cause difficulties for people learning English as a second language. Silent...

Nouns are words that refer directly to something, an idea or a person. An English noun also tells us who, or what something is. There are different...

In order to learn and understand ‘unstressed syllables’ in English, first you need to learn what a syllable is, and what it does to a word. What Is...

The English language isn’t actually a phonetic language. Although we learn to write, spell and read using phonetics, the words in themselves are not....

Before learning about prefixes and suffixes in the English language, we must first take a quick look at what root words are. Root Words Root...

Writing in English is a representation of the spoken language. Therefore, spelling is very important if you want to be able to clearly communicate...