As the title of the blog shows, spelling words wrong can really change the meaning of what the author of a piece is trying to say. For that reason, it's important to learn not just how to spell but the reasons behind some general spelling issues, such as the difference between "affect" and "effect" -- also known as usage errors. Today's exercise is more of a drill: Type out the words you misspell often correctly, seven times each. It takes seven times for us to remember anything, so repetition is important, just as it is important in learning anything.
Here are a couple of mine:
separate, separate, separate, separate, separate, separate, separate
commiserate, commiserate, commiserate, commiserate, commiserate, commiserate, commiserate
Check out this pattern: committee, committed, committal, commission, commiserate, commissary, committee
I'll explain the exception to the rule in the comments section later today.
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"commiserate" is the only word in the list without a second double consonant because it is a verb, and the "s" represents a "z" sound. "commiserate" contains the root word "misery."
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