Grammer or Grammar?

Today we want to help you avoid a very common mistake that lots of people make – and that is writing the word “grammar” like this: G-R-A-M-M-E-R.

There’s actually NO “e” in the word "grammar"; the correct spelling is G-R-A-M-M-A-R. But when we speak, we pronounce it like “er” – grammer, not gram-MAR – so that’s why people often misspell it with -er. It’s an understandable error.

Now you know that "grammar" is always spelled with AR at the end. 

There are actually lots of words in English that end with -ar or -or in an unstressed syllable, and we pronounce them more like -ER. Let’s practice more of these words.

ENGLISH WORDS ENDING IN -AR

• calendar
• caterpillar
• collar
• dollar
• liar
• popular
• similar
• solar
• sugar
• vinegar

Note that there are some words that end in -ar where we do pronounce it “ARE” – like guitar, radar, avatar. But the other ones we just practiced all sound like -er even though they’re spelled with -ar at the end.

ENGLISH WORDS ENDING IN -OR

Now let’s practice some that are spelled with -or… but again, pronounced like “er”.

• actor
• administrator
• calculator
• doctor
• editor
• governor
• professor
• refrigerator
• sailor
• survivor
• ventilator
• visitor