Lessons on some tricky topics in English spelling.

Apostrophe s
The English apostrophe s and s apostrophe cause a lot of problems, even for native speakers. This lesson's task is to help you learn about possessives and contractions that need apostrophes and plurals that don't.

Dropping the Final E
Whether to drop the final -e on some English words before adding a suffix can be confusing for some English speakers.

I Before E
Whether to spell any given word with ie or ei can often stump native English speakers. In school many of us were taught the mnemonic device "I before E except after C or when sounding like A as in neighbor and weigh." This is a fairly good rule, but it has a lot of exceptions.

Spelling Variations
One of the more notable differences between English as it is spoken in different countries is in the spelling of word endings. This page table shows some common spelling equivalents.

More Spelling Difficulties
Lessons on to vs too, hers vs her's, your vs you're, and lots of other similarly-spelled words.

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