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How to spell planning

Planning is spelled P-L-A-N-N-I-N-G. Plan + ing: the short A makes the N double, plan-ning.

What it means: To decide on and arrange something in advance.

In a sentence: We are planning a fun picnic at the park. ▶

The part people get wrong

Watch for double n.

Same family: plan, planned, planner, plans. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: Planning comes from the verb 'plan', which originally meant a drawing or diagram of a building. Over time, the word shifted from meaning a physical map to meaning a mental map of what you will do in the future.

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