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Grandfather
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Okay fair enough spelling for grandfather but when it comes to grand dad why is it spelt grandad and also granda why only one d
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.I invariably find that the reason people spell words wrong is that they don't pronounce them properly in the first place. What we should say is "grand-dad", but it often comes out as "gran-dad".
My nieces spell acceptable as acceptible, because they pronounce the word incorrectly.
But it doesn't really matter...any little grandson or granddaughter will know exactly what you mean, whatever you call them !
My nieces spell acceptable as acceptible, because they pronounce the word incorrectly.
But it doesn't really matter...any little grandson or granddaughter will know exactly what you mean, whatever you call them !
jno...I hear people say ible rather than able all the time. It tends to happen to lots of words that end in able. I don't have a problem with the way people talk....we all do that differently, after all. But spelling in Britain seems to be going downhill these days.
I am not perfect myself....far from it....but we all have spellchecker and yet spelling errors are appearing on this forum, and others, all the time.
I am not perfect myself....far from it....but we all have spellchecker and yet spelling errors are appearing on this forum, and others, all the time.