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Stop Wearing Lazy Clothes!
Do you wear a T-shirt sometimes? How about jeans? Tracksuit pants? Slip-on shoes? A hat that doesn’t fasten under your chin? How lazy! Those lazy
Language for Life Edition 2: Some changes
Since I wrote Language for Life in 2013, more than a decade has passed, and in that decade, I’ve learned a great deal. The new
The Spelling Patch: A cautionary tale for educators
patch – a piece of cloth or other material used to mend or strengthen a torn or weak point (OED, my emphasis) Here’s a weak point in teacher knowledge
Pressing the Reset Button on Spelling
It’s a pyjama day today. Yes, I know what you’re thinking, “It’s always a pyjama day for Lyn!”. Well, in spirit, yes, yes it is,
30 Years: Looking forward, looking back
A re-enactment of Hitchcock’s ‘The Birds’ 30 years ago I lived to tell the tale. July 4th is always a special day for me. Apart
Speech to Print Solutions: Receive
Today’s word is ‘receive’. It comes up almost every time I ask a room of people about difficult words. It’s almost always taught alone as