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How to spell annual

Annual is spelled A-N-N-U-A-L. Two N's, then -UAL as in manual: an-nu-al.

What it means: Happening once every year.

In a sentence: We have an annual picnic every summer. ▶

The part people get wrong

Watch for double n, and an unstressed vowel that is hard to hear.

Same family: annually, biannual, perennial, anniversary. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: “Annual” comes from the Latin word *annus*, meaning “year.” The same root also appears in “anniversary,” which literally means “turning of the year.”

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