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How to spell dictating

Dictating is spelled D-I-C-T-A-T-I-N-G.

What it means: Speaking words aloud so that another person can record them.

In a sentence: The principal was dictating an important message for the morning announcements. ▶

The part people get wrong

Drop the silent e before adding -ing.

Same family: dictate, dictates, dictated. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

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