“A News-monger is a Retailer of Rumour, that takes up upon Trust, and sells as cheap as he buys. He deals in a perishable Commodity, that will not keep: for if it be not fresh it lies upon his Hands, and will yield nothing. True or false is all one to him; for Novelty being the Grace of bothe, a Truth grows stale as soon as a Lye...”
— Characters Samuel Butler (d. 1680), English poet and satirist
Sam Johnson standardized spelling in Dictionary of the English Language (1755).
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“The greatest pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself, too.”
In 2023, should spelling be in the curriculum?
— Characters Samuel Butler (d. 1680), English poet and satirist
Sam Johnson standardized spelling in Dictionary of the English Language (1755).
Next Butler quote:
“The greatest pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself, too.”
In 2023, should spelling be in the curriculum?
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