Anyways, here's the the quiz. See what "your" made of, and post "you're" scores in the comments :) http://www.businesswriting.com/tests/commonmisspelled.html PS: we didn't answer #'s 26 and 27 because those were the British spellings
Monday, September 28, 2009
Spelling Bee
I've got many-a pet peeve--people whistling when I whistle, idiots that don't know how to work 4-way stops, etc. One of my biggest pet peeves, however, is misspelling. Probably the one that grates on my nerves the most is when people wrongly substitute "your" for "you're". It drives me nuts! Another really, really annoying one is spelling "definitely" wrong. The most common misspelling is "definately". UGH!! Anyways, Anna and I came across this quiz containing the top 25 misspelled words. We took it together though and made a 17 out of 25. I guess making a 68% doesn't really give me much room to judge :)
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Your mama got 20 out of 27 (I knew the two British ones) I am thankful for spellcheck!
ReplyDeleteI don't think it is really proper to use "anyways" :) Just sayin...
ReplyDeleteAnd we would have had a higher score if I would have listend to Nathan on some and if he would have listened to me on some. I guess we should have just taken it sepARAtely.
I don't think it's correct to spell "listened" "listend" :) Just sayin...
ReplyDeleteDang it! That was a typo-yours was not. :)
ReplyDeleteWell, I should make you all feel better, I only got 14 right...wow, that's terrible. I put didn't know on the last two like you did.
ReplyDeleteI was surprised that I missed that many!