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Old 06-Oct-2006, 08:41
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Default Re: Spelling better

The English spelling system is a real mess, so it is hard to give clear advice on this. However, you are on the computer all day- what sort of work are you doing?

Try to keep track of your repeated mistakes.

Which of these would you use:
definately/definitely
separate/seperate
accomodation/acommodation/acomodation/accommodation
These are fairly common ones that people have trouble with. If you could give us a few concret examples of words you repeatedly have trouble with, we could make some more specific suggestions.


Also, as a cheat, always refer to your spelling mistakes as typos.
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