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How to spell day
What it means: The period of light between sunrise and sunset.
In a sentence: The sun shines bright during the day.
The part people get wrong
Often misspelled as dy or dae.
Same family: days, daytime, weekday, today, yesterday. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.
Where it comes from: Day comes from Old English "dæg," which also meant a period of light or a 24-hour period. It is related to old words in German and other Germanic languages that describe daylight and shining.
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