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50 Commonly Misspelt Words In English by lordtim001(m): 2:07pm On Aug 24, 2015 |
Here,I bring you a list of 50 Commonly Misspelt Words In English under 5 categories: 1.Stress and Pronunciation Examples-Desparate for desperate,Secretory for secretary,Intergrate for integrate,Grammer for grammer,Benifit for benefit,Sacrilage for sacrilege,Warrent for warrant,Indiginous for Indigenous,Altar for alter,Formally for formerly e.t.c 2.Silent Letters: Examples-Suttle for subtle,Omnisient for omniscient,Aquire for acquire,Ajust for adjust,Det for debt,Forein for foreign,Rythm for rhythm,Acquiese for acquiesce,Garantee for guarantee,Absess for abscess e.t.c 3.Double Letters: Examples-Apointment for appointment,bussiness for business,disscus for discuss,essentiall for essential,accomodate for accommodate,adress for address,commitee for committee,embarass for embarrass,skillful for skilful(most common),fulfill for fulfil(very rampant) 4.Grammatical Changes: Examples-Truely for truly,loveable for lovable,noticable for noticeable,dialing for dialling,omited for omitted,profitted for profited,benefitting for benefiting,timeing for timing,hopeing for hoping e.t.c 5.The Rule "I before E except after C": Examples-Acheive for achieve,beleive for believe,hygiene for hygeine,decieve for deceive,recieve for receive,foriegn for foreign,seive for sieve,wierd for weird,cheif for chief,forfiet for forfeit There you have it.50 commonly misspelt words.I hope it was informative as well as educative.Nairalanders take note.Please show love by liking and commenting.PEACE!!! Cc:Lalasticlala 1 Like |
Re: 50 Commonly Misspelt Words In English by INTROVERT(f): 2:13pm On Aug 24, 2015 |
my speaking and wrintign very flunet. |
Re: 50 Commonly Misspelt Words In English by Abayor7: 3:00pm On Aug 24, 2015 |
INTROVERT: what have u smoked? |
Re: 50 Commonly Misspelt Words In English by henry255: 4:50pm On Aug 24, 2015 |
That had why I loving english language; very corrected |
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