The correct words are in alphabetical order.
If a correct word is in a blue box, you can click on the word
for a relevant spelling rule.
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I need advice.
Advice is a noun. Advice rhymes with vice.
Will you advise me?
Advise is a verb. Advise me rhymes with surprise
me.
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agonize |
can be agonise, but this is unusual |
I agonize over z and s. I am going to start a
z s checklist, but,
I usually use s instead of z in all cases where it is permitted, as you may
have noticed on the website.
The
United States has made z standard: organize - randomize
etc. In the United Kingdom we can use either. Using s makes life
simpler, because there are some ise words that should not be
ize. These are when endings like prise - cise -
vise are used, as in comprise - incise (make an
incision) - televise. (Ask the Oxford dictionary)
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always |
not allways |
a lot of effort |
not alot |
apparent |
not apparant |
argue
arguing
argument
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not arguement
or arguemment |
because |
not becuse
or becuase
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being |
not bein |
benefit |
not benifit |
borderline |
not boarderline |
brief
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not breif |
comprehendible |
not comprehendable
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conclusion |
not conclussion |
I chose this yesterday.
My chosen topic is choice.
I choose this now.
I will choose tomorrow.
I will be choosing tomorrow.
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not choosen
not chosed
not chosing
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decision
decisions |
not dicision
not desisons |
definitely |
not definately
or definatly |
development |
not developement |
difficulty |
not dificulty |
Mrs D, Mrs I
Mrs F.F.I
Mrs C, Mrs U,
Mrs L.T.Y,
spell DIFFICULTY
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Engels |
not Engles |
Engel means "angel" in German. By coincidence the "e" and "l" are in the
same position in angel as in the name of Marx's friend.
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Engels' materialist beliefs |
not Engel's materialist beliefs |
His name is Engels, so the apostrophe goes after the s.
With Marx, it would be Marx's materialist beliefs.
You have to know if the name ends in s.
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experiences |
not expereinces |
focused |
not focussed |
She is filling the hole and filing the rough
edge. It takes two ls to fill, but only one to
file
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Freud's ideas |
not Freuds ideas |
fulfil
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not fulfill |
furthermore |
not futhermore |
grammar |
not grammer |
I am frequently told that someone's "spelling
and
grammer" are good. My spelling is poor, so I do not notice until the
spellchecker picks grammer out. There is a trick that might help me
remember. Look at the endings of the words. The correct ending is AR - my
initials. (Andrew Roberts)
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knowledge |
not knowelage |
loose trousers (not tight)
lose your trousers (they are lost)
loosen your trousers (make them less tight)
looser trousers (less tight)
a loser (someone who loses)
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not lose trousers
not loose your trousers
not losen your trousers
not loser trousers
not a looser
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All the words related to lost have one o
All the words related to loose (slack or set free) have two os
You will not lose your mind if you let it loose on the problem
But if your trousers are too loose, you could lose them
If loose loses an o, it is lost (well, actually, it is lose)
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necessary
necessaries
necessarily
necessitate
necessitating
necessity
necessities |
not necesary
not nessities |
The double "ss" makes a hissing sound. If you can remember that there is
one c and a double ss, somewhere, the hiss may remind you which is which.
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organize
organized
organization
organizable
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can be
organise
organised
organisation
organisable
this is unusual, but is the spelling I use
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perceive
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not percieve |
pieces
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not peices |
plan, pronounced plan, gives planning and planned
plane, pronounced plAne, gives planing (plAning) and planed (plAned)
I plan to plAne a piece of wood
To block the wind beneath the door
But I have planned plAning before
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possess
possesses |
not posesses |
public |
not puplic |
quote
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not qote |
referenced |
not referrenced |
relevance
relevant |
not relevence
or relevent |
Rousseau
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not Rosseau
or Rosseays
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sharply |
not sharpley |
strength |
not strenght |
submit
submitting
submission
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not submiting |
sufficient |
not sufficent
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There is no point moaning.
Their moan is loud.
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not Their is no point moaning.
not There moan is loud.
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There is here with a T - It is often used about places
Their is heir with a T - It is about people
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tightly |
not tightley
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It is too late to
go.
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not It is to late too
go
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views |
not veiws |
Were you there?
Where were you?
A place where people are abused
A place where people were abused
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not A place were people where abused
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woman
women
a woman's hair
women's hair |
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write
writer
writing
written
wrote
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not
writter
not
writting |
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