The three Rs

This article is about the abbreviation for reading, writing and arithmetic. For other uses, see Three Rs.

The three Rs are three basic skills taught in schools: reading, writing and arithmetic (or reckoning; previously wroughting). The irregular initialism is based on phonetics rather than spelling. The phrase appears to have been coined at the beginning of the 19th century.

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