Some say that good or bad spelling comes with the person, maybe this is a good excuse. So there are those who by nature, common sense and deduction write without spelling errors and there are those who, no matter how much they want to practice, repeat, read, do exercises and do whatever recipe there is to improve their spelling, will always have problems with it. But the keyword is to “improve” spelling is possible at any age, some manage to write without errors and that is our goal.
We will give you keys, tricks, exercises and advice so that you know how to write without spelling errors. Let’s not forget that in recent times it has become fashionable to write text messages (to give an example) without giving importance to accents, errors, abbreviating words in any way, saying “I love you” in a message we know what it means ” I love you” although the k and the q are different letters and one is wrong and the other is right.
This youthful language that came with the use of telephones not only spread to the elderly but also to handwriting. If we read a letter that a teenager writes to his girlfriend, for example, we will see that he does exactly the same, with the same type of “fashion errors” that become customary and lead to bad writing. Another of the problems that people’s bad spelling solves is the computer spell checkers that make it easier to think about how to write a word, we don’t directly put full tilde, she does it, etc. Then we try to write without errors and this costs effort. With this previous reflection we will help you to write without spelling errors.
What do you need to write without spelling errors?
- Books, newspapers, magazines
- Read, pay attention to words that have difficulty
- Pencil and paper
- RAE dictionary
- Spell checker on your processor
Instructions to write without spelling errors
- To be able to write correctly in any language it is necessary to know the rules that govern writing, in the case of the Spanish language there are its own rules, writing well in Spanish implies respecting those rules that regulate spelling, if you do not respect them you are committing mistakes or spelling errors. This is governed by the Royal Spanish Academy or RAE. Although the RAE is not something static because it incorporates new words in common use, among other things. In 2014 we have the 23rd edition.
- Spelling is governed by rules that we must know and learn from a young age, as well as multiplication tables, but as with all spelling rules there are exceptions and that is the worst part. When you managed to learn a rule they have to learn by heart which are those words that escape the rule.
- Not only spelling is important but also grammatical structures. When a person writes a text so that it is well understood, he must not only have no spelling mistakes, but also be well written, with sense, good punctuation, etc. Although today we will dedicate ourselves only to spelling.
- The main measure to learn to write without spelling errors is to read a lot, read and pay attention. Instilling reading in children from an early age is essential. And to instill this healthy and productive habit that is reading we must make them interesting. If we start at a young age reading them stories, for example, before going to sleep instead of television programs or computer games, we will get them to do it on their own in the future.
- If we want to improve our spelling or that of our children, a good exercise is the following: read a short paragraph, of two or three lines, try to memorize it paying attention to words with difficulty, then write it down. Then control the words and mistakes that we find, repeat them several times to try to make them stick in our minds. With this we not only practice spelling but we keep our attention and memory very active. When we do this and take it as a habit, no more than 10 minutes a day, we can ask for help so that someone dictates to us, but always starting from a paragraph from a book or newspaper.
- If you are writing and you have doubts and you have access to the internet either on your phone or computer, look in the Dictionary of the Royal Spanish Academy.
- There you will see the following screen:
- Then write the doubtful word in the box, for example, you don’t know if it is written “choose” or “choose”. In the red box you write choose and when you put search you will see that it tells you that this word does not exist, that the closest one is. You can open the word and you will have the meaning and the option of the conjugated verb.
- Sometimes the doubtful word can be a conjugated verb so it will not come out directly but the verb will appear in the infinitive, for example you want to know if the word ” memorized” is spelled correctly (doubts about the “z”, the “b”, if it has a tilde or not), write it in the red box and it will appear to memorize what the verb is in the infinitive and its meaning, then look for the conjugation of the verb and see if it is correct, in this case yes.
- The spell checkers of any processor are very useful for when you have to write, not only because they mark misspelled words but also incorrect punctuation. On the other hand, when you write a text you can make a mistake, perhaps not because you don’t know how to spell the word, but because of involuntary errors. Unfortunately, on the keyboard, the “b” is attached to the “v” and we can accidentally write wrong.
- All these mechanisms help but the most effective if you want to improve your spelling is to read a lot, pay attention and write by hand or without a spell checker and compare.
Tips for writing without spelling errors
- Among so many applications that you have on your cell phone, download the dictionary of the Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) to consult whenever you doubt and do it, use it!
- When you don’t remember and you don’t have access to the dictionary, you can look for a synonym to replace that word and thus solve the problem.
- Remember that writing a note to ask for a job is a letter of introduction to which spelling is given great importance.