By Mary Morel
A survey by English writing software firm Whitesmoke found that many of us spell these words incorrectly. Test yourself:
1. a. questionnaire
b. questionaire
c. questionairre
2. a. acommodate
b. accommodate
c. accomodate
3. a. definately
b. definnitely
c. definitely
4. a. liasion
b. liaison
c. liason
5. a. existance
b. existense
c. existence
6. a. occurrence
b. occurence
c. occurrance
7. a. refering
b. reffering
c. referring
8. a. ocurred
b. occured
c. occurred
9. a. millennium
b. milennium
c. millenium
10. a. embarass
b. embarrass
c. embarrasse
11. a. calander
b. calendar
c. calender
12. a. receive
b. recieve
c. reseive
Answers: 1a, 2b, 3c, 4b, 5c, 6a, 7c, 8c, 9a, 10b, 11b, 12a
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