How to spell clarification

hear itclar·i·fi·ca·tion/,klɛrʌfʌ'keɪʃʌn/nounPrefixes and work

What it means: An explanation that makes something easier to understand.

In a sentence: I needed clarification to understand the game rules better.

The part people get wrong

Watch for an unstressed vowel that is hard to hear. Often misspelled as clarfication or clarifcation.

Same family: clarify, clarified, clarifying, clarifier, clear. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: Clarification comes from the Latin verb *clarificare*, meaning 'to make clear,' from *clarus* ('clear, bright, loud'). The same Latin root also gives us words like 'clarity' and 'declare,' all connected to the idea of making something clear or easy to see or understand.

Patterns it uses: The unstressed vowel (schwa) · -tion, -sion or -cian?

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