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On Wed, 12 Nov 2008 09:39:25 +0100, scott wrote:
>> Admittedly, "tryed" is a rare form, considered largely obsolete in most
>> cases, but it is nevertheless a valid spelling.
>
> Oh I didn't know that, but then I don't think he should be teaching that
> to his English class! I wouldn't want my German teacher to teach me
> some word is spelt a certain way, but actually 99.9% of people spell it
> a different way - it makes no sense.
I wouldn't disagree with that - the common spelling would be the
appropriate way to spell it unless there was a reason why he wasn't.
Sometimes teachers are just weird. ;-)
Jim
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