Spelling
Won day, Jhon went to the stor to buy aples and peaches. However, he was suprized to find that their wasnn't any left. Insted, John wento the convenence stor, where they're were many difrent fruits. He bot seven peeches, witch were his favorites. John rememembered when his nieghbor gave him his first peach; he was told that anceint Indian chieves used to eat them a loooooong time ago.
What's wrong here?
1. Be consistent. Spell people's names the same way; spell or misspell
a word the same way every time. Inconsistency gives proof that you have
spelled something wrong at least once.
2. Watch out for silent letters-they can be part of the trickiest words
to spell.
3. "I before E, except after C, and when sounding like A as in neighbor
and weigh."
4. Make sure that you use the correct word and word form. Be especially
careful when making plurals and when using words like their/they're/there
and too/to/two.
5. Do not exaggerate words. People already know what "loooooong,"
"tall," and "tiny"
mean. If they do not, let them look the words up.
Corrected paragraph:
One day, John went to the store to buy apples and peaches. However, he was surprised to find that there wasn't any left. Insted, John went to the convenience store, where there were many different fruits. He bought seven peaches, which were his favorites. John remembered when his neighbor gave him his first peach; he was told that anceint Indian chiefs used to eat them a long time ago.
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