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How to spell sunday

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What it means: The first day of the week.

In a sentence: On Sunday, we went to the park for a picnic.

The part people get wrong

Often misspelled as sundaye or sundae.

Same family: Sunday morning, Sunday evening, Sundays, weekend, Sunday-school. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: The word "Sunday" comes from Old English "Sunnandæg," which literally means "day of the sun." In many cultures, the days of the week were originally named after planets or gods linked to them, and Sunday was associated with the sun.

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