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How to spell street

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What it means: A road for vehicles and pedestrians.

In a sentence: The dog ran across the street.

The part people get wrong

Watch for double e. Often misspelled as strete or streat.

Same family: opportunity, chance, potential, opening, possibility. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: Street comes from Old English and Latin words for a paved road, and in modern English it developed a figurative sense in some dialects, referring to chances or openings in life or business.

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