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==Spelling of Homeschooling==

[[User:Dpbsmith|Dpbsmith]] - Can I get some advice - I think you're probably the best person to ask. The Williams article uses "''home-schoolers''", which is largely rejected by the homeschooling community (at least in my experience). Should it get a (sic), especially since the article here uses ''homeschoolers''? (This whole spelling thing is a pet peeve of many homeschoolers.) Oh, and nice job on the college paragraph - and a double super nice job on the Mothers Day article! --[[User:Hsmom|Hsmom]] 19:49, 15 May 2007 (EDT)

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:Thanks!

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:Re the "spelling thing:" it's an issue I was unaware of. For what it's worth, the American Heritage Dictionary says:

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::'''homeschool'''

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::VARIANT FORMS: or home-school

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::VERB: Inflected forms: home·schooled, home·school·ing, home·schools

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::TRANSITIVE VERB: to instruct (a pupil, for example) in an educational program outside of established schools, especially in the home.

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::INTRANSITIVE VERB: To provide educational instruction in a homeschool.

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::NOUN: A school operated outside established educational institutions, especially in a home.

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::OTHER FORMS: homeschooler

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::[http://www.bartleby.com/61/30/H0253050.html]

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:Which also seems to suggest that a homeschooler is a teacher, making it unclear to me what word is used to mean a homeschooled pupil...

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:Anyway, I'd suggest putting in the [sic] and letting it go at that... unless someone wants to add a section on terminology and usage. Which should be sourced, of course... [[User:Dpbsmith|Dpbsmith]] 16:37, 16 May 2007 (EDT)

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