A grammar teacher and a wicked Halloween witch both know how to cast me, but one creates correct words on a chalkboard while the other transforms a prince into a toad. What am I?
A spell
'Spell' refers both to orthography (spelling letters correctly) and a magical incantation cast by a witch.
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