The system at my office is set to American spelling and it makes me insane, stopping my emails for words such as "Favour", "Cheque" and "Catalogue". I should probably switch it to UK.
"Receive" is my Lex Luthor in this world and I use it hourly.
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"Spelt" is a perfectly acceptable British word. You shouldn't abandon it just because Americans don't use it.
The double Rs in "diarrhea" and "hemorrhage" have given me problems. I've had to look up "exaggerate" in the past, but I've mastered it finally.
I know that there are other words that I've had to look up more than once, but I try to remember the corrected spellings instead of the fact that I had to correct them.Leave a comment:
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I have trouble spelling difficult words and have to write them down seoerately to see if they "look" right. What with spell check and txt spelling on the increase it is becoming a lost art. How long before we are back to shakespears era of spelling it as it sounds reguardless of dialect (he himself spelt his own name numerous different ways).Leave a comment:
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Does any one have any?
I think I have been messing up 'any one', 'everybody' and 'every one' because I can't tell if they are meant to be one word or two. I finished school years ago but still manage to make myself look like an idiot by making errors that can only be described as pure stupidity.
For example, I just learned that Surprise, actually has two R's! I always thought it was spelled like Suprise. Pretty funny eh? If that isn't enough I just worked out that spelt is not a word, in fact the correct word is spelled.
Interesting stuff.
Does any one else have trouble with words even though they should be old enough to teach their own children how to spell? Maybe piece (peice) for example?Tags: None


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