May 06, 2016
Time for a spelling bee! Let’s see
how well you do.
If you realize you actually misspell
all the 20 English words below,
don’t sweat it too much, you are
in good company.
Ernest Hemingway, Winston
Churchill, Jane Austen and John
Keats were all notoriously terrible
spellers!
1. Wrong: Embarass
Correct: Embarrass
2. Wrong: Writting
Correct: Writing
3. Wrong: Accomodate
Correct: Accommodate
4. Wrong: Seperate
Correct: Separate
5. Wrong: Alot
Correct: A lot
6. Wrong: Truely
Correct: Truly
7. Wrong: Tommorow/
Tommorrow Correct: Tomorrow
8. Wrong: Definately
Correct: Definitely
9. Wrong: Mispell
Correct: Misspell
10. Wrong: Alright(this may be allowed)
Correct: All right
11. Wrong: Maintainance
Correct: Maintenance
12. Wrong: Recieve
Correct: Receive
13. Wrong: Occassion/ Occassion/
Correct: Occasion
14. Wrong: Occurence
Correct: Occurrence
15. Wrong: Momento
Correct: Memento
16. Wrong: Priviledge
Correct: Privilege
17. Wrong: Miniscule
Correct: minuscule
18. Wrong: Neccessary
Correct: Necessary
19. Wrong: Pronounciation
Correct: Pronunciation
20. Wrong:
Wierd
Correct: Weird. The good thing about the smart
phones we have now is that they
all come with dictionaries pre-
installed, if you are not sure of a
spelling, simply type it out on your
phone and let it correct it for you! And please, don’t get too attached
to chating abbreviations because
you may unconsciously use them
when writing an examination or
formal write-up. Feel free to share your views and
add yours.
