" Dessert ( a odoriferous goody after dinner ) has 2 " S , " just likestrawberryshortcake . "
Recently, Iasked the BuzzFeed Communityfor little brain tricks to remember hard-to-spell words. Here are 12 of the best that I’ve already committed to memory.
1.“Restaurant, I think of this nonsensical phrase: ‘rest and your aunt.’ Rest-a(nd)-ur-aunt”
— lexiesterling
2.“Affect vs. Effect: (a)ffect –> (a)ction, (e)ffect –> (e)nd result.”
" Affect : The extra study academic term affected my performance on the test .
Effect : The effect of the extra sketch seance was a higher grade . "
— mollyindeed
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3.“I learned how to distinguish between ‘desert’ and ‘dessert’ in the third grade.”
" My favorite teacher give us a john :
Dessert ( a unfermented dainty after dinner ) has 2 " S"- just likestrawberryshortcake
And desert has 1 ' s'- for ' so thirsty . ' Does that make sense ? IDK , but it is a john I apply to this day ! "
— britantillo
4."‘Than’ is used to compare things (I have more than you), while ‘then’ is used to indicate when something occurs (I went to the library, then to the park). So if I ever can’t remember which is which, I just reminded myself that ‘then’ is ‘when’ with a ’t.'"
— gaelicmaiden
5.“I’ve been spelling Connecticut mentally as ‘connect-i-cut’ since I did a report about the state in 5th grade. I’ve never misspelled it.”
— congdongracie24
6.“Double the C, double the S, and you will always have success.”
— floatinggiant36
7.“I still have to say wed-ness-day in my head.”
— markiemsm
8.“Necessary - a shirt has onecollar and twosleeves because that’s all that’s necessary.”
— angelicpotato205
9.“My mom told me growing up, assume makes an “ass out of u and me.”
— amarayvette
10.“Occasionally. I used to always put two S’s until I realized occasion doesn’t have an ‘ass’ in it.”
— sweet_t88
11.“Another one for Mississippi I learned fromP Valley, which I think is popular in the South: M, I, crooked letter, crooked letter, I, crooked letter, crooked letter, I, humpback, humpback, I.”
12.“Through: rough with a th in front. I know, it seems silly.”
— frottera1
Finally, “Ridiculous: I sing the song from descendants lol.”
