{"id":2256,"date":"2016-07-13T19:36:24","date_gmt":"2016-07-14T01:36:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/blog\/?p=2256"},"modified":"2020-11-25T11:18:43","modified_gmt":"2020-11-25T17:18:43","slug":"spell-check-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/blog\/spelling\/spell-check-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Spell Check"},"content":{"rendered":"

An online company\u2019s research department has revealed the top misspelled word in each state, based on search-engine queries.<\/span><\/p>\n

In Iowa and Kentucky the chief troublemaker is maintenance<\/em>. Arkansas and Utah apparently can\u2019t spell leprechaun<\/em>\u2014but why would Arkansas and Utah want to? For irony aficionados: drought-plagued California\u2019s top misspelled word is desert<\/em>. Florida struggles with tomorrow<\/em> (in more ways than one). Michigan and Oklahoma wonder how to spell gray<\/em>. We wonder how to misspell it\u2014both gray<\/em> and grey <\/em>are acceptable, and it\u2019s hard to imagine any other option. Mississippi has trouble with sergeant<\/em>, but in all fairness, many sergeants can\u2019t spell Mississippi <\/em>either. Oh, and Alaska can\u2019t spell Hawaii<\/em>.<\/span><\/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.<\/span><\/p>\n

1<\/strong>. Her ___ is her mother\u2019s best friend.<\/span><\/p>\n

A) step father
\nB) steppfather
\nC) step-father
\nD) stepfather<\/span><\/p>\n

2<\/strong>. The executives sent a letter of ___ to their best agent.<\/span><\/p>\n

A) congrachulations
\nB) congradulations
\nC) congratulations
\nD) congrajulations<\/span><\/p>\n

3<\/strong>. He was acting in ___ to his conscience.<\/span><\/p>\n

A) obediance
\nB) obedience
\nC) obediense
\nD) obedianse<\/span><\/p>\n

4<\/strong>. The changing of the seasons is a natural ___.<\/span><\/p>\n

A) occurence
\nB) occurance
\nC) ocurrance
\nD) occurrence<\/span><\/p>\n

5<\/strong>. The man wore a suit and had ___ just come from work.<\/span><\/p>\n

A) evidently
\nB) evadentally
\nC) evadently
\nD) evidentally<\/span><\/p>\n

6<\/strong>. Tests in the ___ have so far been encouraging.<\/span><\/p>\n

A) labratory
\nB) laboratory
\nC) labrotory
\nD) laborotory<\/span><\/p>\n

7<\/strong>. Shonda read the class an ___ from her new play.<\/span><\/p>\n

A) excerpt
\nB) excerp
\nC) excert
\nD) exerpt<\/span><\/p>\n

8<\/strong>. The movie was called a ___ by the critics.<\/span><\/p>\n

A) debokle
\nB) dibacle
\nC) debacle
\nD) dibakle<\/span><\/p>\n

9<\/strong>. Blane transformed the firm into a sleek ___ that dominated the market.<\/span><\/p>\n

A) juggernot
\nB) jugernaut
\nC) juggernat
\nD) juggernaut<\/span><\/p>\n

10<\/strong>. I think I\u2019ll drive to ___ tomorrow.<\/span><\/p>\n

A) Massachusets
\nB) Masachusetts
\nC) Massachusetts
\nD) Masachusets<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

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

1<\/strong>: D) stepfather<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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

3<\/strong>: B) obedience<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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

5<\/strong>: A) evidently<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

6<\/strong>: B) laboratory<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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

8<\/strong>: C) debacle<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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

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

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