This blog series, Offbeat Ways to Remember How to Spell Hard Words, aims to senselessly make sense of some of English's complicated spellings to commonly used words.
Let's learn how to spell thorough.
Next time you need to write "thorough" as in "carefully completed with painstaking regard to every detail," in a sentence, use this nifty breakdown to simplify its spelling.
Instead of overestimating the number of U's in this difficult word and rolling the dice on where to place the G and H, split "thorough" into two words you already know.
First Word: Tho
Although it won't pass in graded papers or cover letters, this mega-simplified version of "though" is widely used in texts, social media posts, and by the majority of today's youth. For example:
- It's a hip hop world, son. Keep up or get out.
- I'm tired, tho.
Second Word: Rough
If "rough" is another word you have trouble spelling by itself, think of this statement:
- R, O, Ugh! The English language is ridiculous sometimes!
- Would you say it's quite rough?
- Get out.
In Conclusion:
You're really just linking "tho" and "rough" to create "Thorough". Next time you're stumped on how to spell "thorough," just remember it's simply "tho" and "rough" getting cozy on couch together.
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