Are you a good speller? by allegra
I know I’m not (thanks for the genes, Dad). I spent the first three weeks at my current job with a broken spell checker, and I can feel the horror of that discovery.
Despite my certain answer to the question, I couldn’t resist this quiz I ran across while looking for business writing guides (via Business Writing Blog). I am a sucker for online quizzes.
I was expecting to fail with gusto, but then the examples were easier than I expected, and I managed to get more than half right (14 out of 23). Technically, failure, but not bad…
I know there are some grammar and spelling fiends reading this blog—how did you do?
Posted: February 1st, 2008 by allegra under allegra, links.
Comments: 4
Comments
Comment from Sarah Marie
Time: February 1, 2008, 11:42 pm
I got 20 out of 23. I was hoping for a perfect score - rats.
Comment from Sharan
Time: February 2, 2008, 4:35 am
Wow - I missed 5! I could feel myself having to guess on the words I don’t use, like desiccate and millennium. Mom
Comment from Emily
Time: February 3, 2008, 7:42 pm
Surprisingly, I only got 15. And I’m a good speller. I think the problem is that I can generally spell words if you say them to me, but I get confused when confronted with a set of three visual possibilities. Suddenly they all look wrong. 
Comment from Beth
Time: February 3, 2008, 11:41 pm
Um… 11 out of 23. Sounds like the grades I used to get on spelling tests in elementary school I love spell check.
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