{"id":2170,"date":"2016-03-22T10:38:14","date_gmt":"2016-03-22T16:38:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/blog\/?p=2170"},"modified":"2020-11-25T11:17:23","modified_gmt":"2020-11-25T17:17:23","slug":"spell-well-and-excel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/blog\/spelling\/spell-well-and-excel\/","title":{"rendered":"Spell Well, and Excel"},"content":{"rendered":"

Take care that you never spell a word wrong. Always before you write a word, consider how it is spelled, and, if you do not remember, turn to a dictionary. It produces great praise to a lady to spell well<\/em>.
\n\u2014Thomas Jefferson to his daughter<\/p>\n

If there are spelling and grammatical errors, assume that the same level of attention to detail probably went into the gathering and reporting of the “facts” given on the site<\/em>.
\n\u2014Randolph Hock, The Extreme Searcher\u2019s Internet Handbook<\/em><\/p>\n

Don\u2019t write naughty words on walls if you can\u2019t spell<\/em>.
\n\u2014from the song \u201cBe Prepared,\u201d by Tom Lehrer<\/p>\n

Here is another of our spelling drills. In keeping with our policy, these are words that you hear all the time. You\u2019ll find the answers directly below.<\/p>\n

1<\/strong>. They specialize in ___ with a focus on fashion and quality.<\/p>\n

A) aparrel
\nB) apparrel
\nC) apparel
\nD) aparell<\/p>\n

2<\/strong>. Listen to the ___ of the falling rain.<\/p>\n

A) rythum
\nB) rhythum
\nC) rhythm
\nD) ryhthm<\/p>\n

3<\/strong>. This ___ is important to help us qualify your needs.<\/p>\n

A) questionnaire
\nB) questionaire
\nC) questionnair
\nD) questionair<\/p>\n

4<\/strong>. \u201cSmooth ___, Hoover!\u201d<\/p>\n

A) manuver
\nB) manuever
\nC) maneuvor
\nD) maneuver<\/p>\n

5<\/strong>. The seller retains ownership until the final ___ is paid.<\/p>\n

A) instalment
\nB) installment
\nC) installmint
\nD) instahlment<\/p>\n

6<\/strong>. Ancient Troy was captured by an elaborate ___.<\/p>\n

A) stratagim
\nB) strategim
\nC) strategem
\nD) stratagem<\/p>\n

7<\/strong>. Jerry\u2019s ___ behavior embarrassed the ambassador.<\/p>\n

A) asinine
\nB) assinine
\nC) asanine
\nD) asinyne<\/p>\n

8<\/strong>. I walked a mile in my ___.<\/p>\n

A) mocasins
\nB) moccasins
\nC) mocassins
\nD) moccassins<\/p>\n

9<\/strong>. Trace your ___ to learn more about your family.<\/p>\n

A) geneolagy
\nB) geneolagey
\nC) geneology
\nD) genealogy<\/p>\n

10<\/strong>. That shy student from Bogot\u00e1, ___, became her husband.<\/p>\n

A) Collumbia
\nB) Colambia
\nC) Colombia
\nD) Columbia<\/p>\n

ANSWERS<\/strong><\/p>\n

1<\/strong>: C) apparel<\/em><\/p>\n

2<\/strong>: C) rhythm<\/em><\/p>\n

3<\/strong>: A) questionnaire<\/em><\/p>\n

4<\/strong>: D) maneuver<\/em><\/p>\n

5<\/strong>: B) installment<\/em><\/p>\n

6<\/strong>: D) stratagem<\/em><\/p>\n

7<\/strong>: A) asinine<\/em><\/p>\n

8<\/strong>: B) moccasins<\/em><\/p>\n

9<\/strong>: D) genealogy<\/em><\/p>\n

10<\/strong>: C) Colombia<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Take care that you never spell a word wrong. Always before you write a word, consider how it is spelled, and, if you do not remember, turn to a dictionary. It produces great praise to a lady to spell well. \u2014Thomas Jefferson to his daughter If there are spelling and grammatical errors, assume that the […]<\/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-2170","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\/2170"}],"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=2170"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2170\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}