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How to spell he

What it means: Used to refer to a boy, man, or male animal.

In a sentence: He has a big, red ball. ▶

The part people get wrong

Often misspelled as he1 or he-.

Same family: helium, element, gas, inert, noble gas. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: The chemical symbol He comes from the name 'helium,' which itself comes from the Greek word 'helios,' meaning 'sun,' because helium was first discovered by studying the sun’s light before it was found on Earth.

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