But from time to time I think it’s a good idea to make sure our grammar and spelling is up to snuff. It would do us no good to have an article or blog come out riddled with mistakes. What kind of authors would that make us? (I try to fix mine I do!)
For fun and a little wake up call for us bad spellers, here’s a list of 10 words with a correct spelling and an incorrect spelling. Now no cheating and using a dictionary or your spell check, this is all on you. I’ll put the answers in the comments. Good luck and happy spelling!
accommodate or accomodate
concensus or consensus
seige or siege
exhuberant or exuberant
marshal or marshall
quandary or quandry
propeller or propellor
occassion or occasion
alotted or allotted
dispel or dispell
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Okay the correct words are 1, 2, 2, 2, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 1. How'd you do???
Oh, geez. I did horrible. I only got 6 out of 10 correct. That's a 'D' for me. I thought I was a good speller!
I think you still did better than me! I didn't even count I was doing so badly. ;p
Thanks Shannon.
Incorrect spelling reflects poorly on people who call themselves writers. Just sayin'.
Spell check is all fine and well unless the word the writer chose is wrong ("tempura" instead of "tempera" or "champaign" instead of "champagne" - both of which came up in memos from my old job).
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