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English Mnemonics - Desert/Dessert

Friday, November 24th, 2006

Improve your child’s memory the fun way - with mnemonics.

Like this one. Now, I don’t care how old you are, you still get tripped up on simple things…just like me!

So, pay attention…the best way to distinguish between desert and dessert is… (more…)

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English Mnemonics - Affect vs. Effect

Friday, October 27th, 2006

No better way to improve your kids memory than with a good mnemonic. :)

Today, we have the difference between “affect” which is a verb, and “effect” which is a noun.

How can you keep them straight? Well, I’m old enough to know that I need help with this just about every time so here is what I use. If you teach it to your child once you learn it, he will never have to worry again…at least until the next problem area comes up!

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English Mnemonics - Coordinating conjunctions

Friday, October 20th, 2006

Improve your child’s memory with mnemonics. Here is a neat English mnemonic for the young ones:

Here are the coordinating conjunctions: For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So. (more…)

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