You may recall that our inaugural spelling challenge last winter included\u00a0all right<\/i>, which has managed to ward off\u00a0alright<\/i>\u00a0for decades now. As we noted at the time, the usage of\u00a0alright<\/i>\u00a0\u201cremains unacceptable across the board in serious writing.\u201d<\/p>\n
Since then we\u2019ve discovered yet another adversary gunning for all right<\/em>: films with subtitles. For whatever reason, subtitled films invariably insist on alright<\/em>. We don\u2019t know where films go to be subtitled, but apparently Subtitle Central has decided that alright<\/em>\u2019s time has arrived. We\u2019ll see about that.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, here is the next in our occasional series of spelling tests. You\u2019ll find the answers below\u2014after <\/em>you take the quiz, if you don\u2019t mind.<\/p>\n 1<\/strong>. The differences between them are ___, so take your pick.<\/p>\n A) minuscule 2<\/strong>. Many nutritionists claim honey mixed with ___ can help with weight loss.<\/p>\n A) cinnaman 3<\/strong>. Living in that place was like being in a ___.<\/p>\n A) straitjacket 4<\/strong>. A backyard ___ is what summer is all about.<\/p>\n A) barbeque 5<\/strong>. The fire ___ is investigating a suspicious blaze.<\/p>\n A) marshall 6<\/strong>. The ___ choir sang like a band of angels.<\/p>\n A) a capella 7<\/strong>. These chemicals will help ___ the solution to the required purity.<\/p>\n A) rarify 8<\/strong>. He handed me a metal ___ with a loose lid.<\/p>\n A) canaster 9<\/strong>. Bobby strummed his ___ as if his hand were on fire.<\/p>\n A) ukulele 10<\/strong>. There\u2019s a lot more to do in ___ than many New Yorkers suspect.<\/p>\n A) Cinncinatti <\/p>\n ANSWERS<\/strong><\/p>\n 1<\/strong>: A) minuscule<\/em>. Note that first u<\/em>. A lot of people think the word is \u201cminiscule.\u201d And it makes sense that a word for tiny<\/em> would have a mini<\/em> in it. In this case, don\u2019t think mini<\/em>, think minus<\/em>.<\/p>\n 2<\/strong>: D) cinnamon<\/em><\/p>\n 3<\/strong>: A) straitjacket<\/em>. It\u2019s commonly spelled with a straight<\/em>, which is understandable. Wouldn\u2019t a \u201cstraightjacket\u201d be just the thing to straighten you up and straighten you out?<\/p>\n 4<\/strong>: C) barbecue<\/em>. People want to put a q<\/em> where the c<\/em> should be. The popular abbreviation, BBQ<\/em>, doesn\u2019t help matters.<\/p>\n 5<\/strong>: B) marshal<\/em><\/p>\n 6<\/strong>: B) a cappella<\/em>. Most have no problem with the two l<\/em>\u2019s, but the double p<\/em>\u2019s are another matter.<\/p>\n 7<\/strong>: D) rarefy<\/em><\/p>\n 8<\/strong>: C) canister<\/em><\/p>\n 9<\/strong>: A) ukulele.<\/em> This word creates a lot of bother for such an elfin instrument.<\/p>\n 10<\/strong>: B) Cincinnati<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" You may recall that our inaugural spelling challenge last winter included\u00a0all right, which has managed to ward off\u00a0alright\u00a0for decades now. As we noted at the time, the usage of\u00a0alright\u00a0\u201cremains unacceptable across the board in serious writing.\u201d Since then we\u2019ve discovered yet another adversary gunning for all right: films with subtitles. For whatever reason, subtitled films […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1939","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-spelling"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1939"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1939"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1939\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1939"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1939"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1939"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nB) miniscule
\nC) minascule
\nD) minniscule<\/p>\n
\nB) cinammon
\nC) cinnammon
\nD) cinnamon<\/p>\n
\nB) straightjacket
\nC) strait jacket
\nD) straight-jacket<\/p>\n
\nB) bar-B-Q
\nC) barbecue
\nD) A, B, and C are all correct.<\/p>\n
\nB) marshal
\nC) marchal
\nD) marshill<\/p>\n
\nB) a cappella
\nC) a capela
\nD) a cappela<\/p>\n
\nB) rarrify
\nC) rariffy
\nD) rarefy<\/p>\n
\nB) cannister
\nC) canister
\nD) cannaster<\/p>\n
\nB) ukalele
\nC) ukulale
\nD) ukalale<\/p>\n
\nB) Cincinnati
\nC) Cinncinati
\nD) Cincinatti<\/p>\n