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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums25 commonly misspelled words — how many would you get right?
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25 commonly misspelled words — how many would you get right? (Original Post)
mfcorey1
Oct 2016
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MiniMe
(21,716 posts)1. The link is a blank screen
ronnie624
(5,764 posts)2. Maybe this one works:
mfcorey1
(11,001 posts)3. Thanks!
ProfessorGAC
(65,060 posts)4. People Screw Those Words Up?
I can see a typo from going too fast, but there were no difficult words there. Almost all of them are fairly commonly used.
People regularly misspell "believe"?
Nye Bevan
(25,406 posts)6. I've never even once seen "forty" spelled as "fourty".
But don't get me started on loose/lose, "lead" instead of "led", and of course the dreaded "chaise lounge".
Codeine
(25,586 posts)5. Those are all very basic words. nt
nevergiveup
(4,762 posts)7. not relevant to me
as I seldom mispell a word.