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How to spell share

hear itshare/ʃɜr/verbSounds

What it means: To let someone use or enjoy something together.

In a sentence: It's nice to share your toys with friends.

The part people get wrong

Often misspelled as shair or cher.

Same family: shares, shared, sharing, shareholder, portion. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: Share comes from an Old English word meaning a ‘division’ or ‘cutting,’ related to the idea of a piece of something. Over time, it also came to mean the part or effort each person contributes to a group task.

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