Writing “no” in words and pronouncing “n” and “nn” became the main difficulties faced by participants in the Total Dictation event held on April 18. Candidate of Linguistic Sciences Elena Khilova spoke about this.
According to her, difficulties also arose in spelling unpronounceable consonants, unverified vowels and consonants in the dictionary words “cancellation”, “association”, and “scale”. It was also noted that there were errors in some old words.
“Among the punctuation traps are the difference between introductory and non-introductory words, the design of direct speech, and punctuation between parts of complex sentences,” the linguist said. RIA Novosti.
On April 18, the “Comprehensive Dictation” Foundation, to support citizens’ linguistic culture, held the annual “Comprehensive Dictation – 2026” event. The project was organized with the assistance of the Presidential Scholarship Fund. The event aims to raise the level of literacy among the population and create interest in learning the Russian language.
This year, the author of the test text for “Gross Dictation” was publicist Alexei Varlamov. Tell the prose writer how long the preparation will take and what test material will be assigned. For dictation, the prose writer chose a text dedicated to the childhood of Alexander Pushkin.