58008@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agoIt's pretty cruel, particularly for non-native English speakers, that 'lose' and 'loose' seemingly switched spellings, meanings and pronunciations with each other when no one was lookingmessage-squaremessage-square121fedilinkarrow-up1198arrow-down128file-text
arrow-up1170arrow-down1message-squareIt's pretty cruel, particularly for non-native English speakers, that 'lose' and 'loose' seemingly switched spellings, meanings and pronunciations with each other when no one was looking58008@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square121fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareabsGeekNZ@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·4 days agoAgreed, I am teaching my second son to read. I am having the same conversations as when I taught my first to read. “ok, this word is a ‘sight word’ because it doesn’t make the sounds you expect. It says won, but it looks like it says on-e”
Agreed, I am teaching my second son to read.
I am having the same conversations as when I taught my first to read.
“ok, this word is a ‘sight word’ because it doesn’t make the sounds you expect. It says won, but it looks like it says on-e”