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used loose wear built
color lose early easy
break enough sugar beginning
know any minute wrote
tonight shoes tear sure
laid said read knew
would once does heard
doctor piece just writing
write having says whole
often guess done none
Each of the words on this page has some little “catch” in it. Try to
find what is difficult in each word. Make a list of all you misspell.
Keep this list on your desk or somewhere handy. Study whenever you get
a chance. Don’t let these simple, everyday words master you. _Master
them._
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o bey com mand busi ness serve
Look at _e_ in obey, _i_ in _business_.
Only two syllables in _business_.
He that has learned how to obey will know how to command.
--SOLON.
If you would have your business done, go; if not, send.
--FRANKLIN.
He is best served who serves himself.
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tru ly po lite re main ac tion
ounce ex am ple re main der ad vice
No _e_ in _truly_; _ai_ in _remain_; _c_ in _advice_.
Better an ounce of example than a pound of advice.
Words pass away, but actions remain.
--NAPOLEON.
Truly polite, always polite.
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lis ten bud
rip ple bud ding
flut ter mud
blue bird mud dy
to ward fence
[Illustration]
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Listen a moment, I pray you;
What was that sound that I heard?
Wind in the budding branches,
The ripple of brooks, or a bird?
Hear it again, above us; and see a flutter of wings.
The bluebird knows it is April, and soars toward the sun and
sings.
--EBEN REXFORD.
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bob o link pi geon spar row hawk
hand some won der ful
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bald brief aw ful cir cle
ea gle grief se vere home
ar row com plete ar rive dome
mur der cru el man age Rome
breast wound glance bod y
Look at _a_ in _eagle_ and _breast_, _ie_ in _grief_ and _brief_, _e_
in _cruel_, _ou_ in _wound_.
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