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Spellzone June Round-Up

This month one of our users wrote in and asked us to write an article about the difference between the words prophecy and prophesy. Do you know when to use each word? You can also learn about the difference between more ‘c’ vs. ‘s’ spellings here.    For this month's 10 Words feature, we chose a word that we’ve occasionally heard teachers describe as their nemesis: nice. Click here to learn ten alternatives and here to practise spelling them.    There are an estimated 25,000 idioms in the English language and many of them are about animals. In the past we’ve shared  idioms about cats, do...

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Commonly Confused Words: Prophecy vs. Prophesy

In British and Australian English, when two words sound similar but one is spelt with a ‘c’ and the other with an ‘s’, it is usually the case that the former is a noun and the latter is a verb.  In a previous blog post we shared four pairs of words that follow this rule and today we have another pair to add to the list: prophecy and prophesy.  The difference in meaning between these two words is also present in American English.  A prophecy is a prediction of something that will happen in the future. It is pronounced prof-eh-see.  Click here for the full Spellzone dictionary definition of the word and to hear how its...

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