Re: Teaching Children to Read

In article <ol67M5NtHgmDFwgM@xxxxxxx>, greebs <greebs@xxxxxx> wrote:
> I that idea is mistaken. Children see these things written down
> distinctly as "have" and "of", yet many people (including adults)
> still pronounce both words something like "uv". It is the
> pronunciation that leads to the incorrect use of "of" in writing,
> not the way the words appear in print when they are being read.

For some reason, you never see the correct spelling, in print, of the
sound that is used.

should've, could've, would've, etc.

One quick lesson on this and it's usually sorted!!


BTW,
I have cancelled uk.legal in the groups list for this post - why was
it going there?

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