Inventive spelling, or invented spelling, is the nonconventional spelling of a word created by a novice reader or writer. It contrasts with conventional spelling, the correct or standard spelling.
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“The principle goal of education in the schools should be creating men and women who are capable of doing new things, not simply repeating what other generations have done; men and women who are creative, inventive and discoverers, who can be critical and verify, and not accept, everything they are offered.”
—Jean Piaget (1896–1980)
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By the sea’s side hear the dark-vowelled birds.”
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