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mfcorey1

(11,001 posts) Mon Oct 10, 2016, 11:58 AM Oct 2016

25 commonly misspelled words — how many would you get right?

https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/smart-living/25-commonly-misspelled-words-%E2%80%94-how-many-would-you-get-right/ss-BBoZ41F

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25 commonly misspelled words — how many would you get right? (Original Post) mfcorey1 Oct 2016 OP

The link is a blank screen MiniMe Oct 2016 #1

Maybe this one works: ronnie624 Oct 2016 #2

Thanks! mfcorey1 Oct 2016 #3

People Screw Those Words Up? ProfessorGAC Oct 2016 #4

I've never even once seen "forty" spelled as "fourty". Nye Bevan Oct 2016 #6

Those are all very basic words. nt Codeine Oct 2016 #5

not relevant to me nevergiveup Oct 2016 #7

MiniMe

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1. The link is a blank screen

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Mon Oct 10, 2016, 12:03 PM

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ronnie624

(5,764 posts)

2. Maybe this one works:

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Mon Oct 10, 2016, 12:07 PM

Oct 2016

https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/smart-living/25-commonly-misspelled-words-%E2%80%94-how-many-would-you-get-right/ss-BBoZ41F

mfcorey1

(11,001 posts)

3. Thanks!

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Mon Oct 10, 2016, 12:10 PM

Oct 2016

ProfessorGAC

(65,049 posts)

4. People Screw Those Words Up?

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Mon Oct 10, 2016, 12:11 PM

Oct 2016

I can see a typo from going too fast, but there were no difficult words there. Almost all of them are fairly commonly used.

People regularly misspell "believe"?

Nye Bevan

(25,406 posts)

6. I've never even once seen "forty" spelled as "fourty".

Reply to ProfessorGAC (Reply #4)

Mon Oct 10, 2016, 12:20 PM

Oct 2016

But don't get me started on loose/lose, "lead" instead of "led", and of course the dreaded "chaise lounge".

Codeine

(25,586 posts)

5. Those are all very basic words. nt

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Mon Oct 10, 2016, 12:18 PM

Oct 2016

nevergiveup

(4,761 posts)

7. not relevant to me

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Mon Oct 10, 2016, 01:01 PM

Oct 2016

as I seldom mispell a word.

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