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Old 05-Apr-2005, 10:23
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Default Net users find spelling 'Restaurant' difficult

According to Yell.com, the UK is a nation suffering from a distinct problem: spelling.

They inform us that 76,500 people in a single month incorrectly spelt the word 'restaurant', and that out of 20,000 people looking for a room to sleep in, 54% of them tried looking for 'accomodation' or 'accommadation'. I wonder if they were successful?

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Old 06-Apr-2005, 03:52
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Default Re: Net users find spelling 'Restaurant' difficult

Interesting that in their article about spelling, they give the correct form and the incorrect form of one example as follows:
library ('library')

I'm not quite sure where the error is there.
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