"SUPERSEDE" IS THE MOST COMMONLY MISSPELLED WORD IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE:On Monday, Collins Dictionary of Britain released a list of the most commonly misspelled words in the English language. Here are some of the most commonly misspelled words: (--So you know, the list was compiled using a software program designed to look at thousands of online documents . . . including books, articles and blogs . . . and pick up spelling mistakes.)
--Liquefy (--commonly misspelled L-I-Q-U-I-F-Y)
--Conscience (--commonly misspelled C-O-N-S-I-E-N-C-E)
--Indict (--commonly misspelled I-N-D-I-T-E)
--Foreign (--commonly misspelled F-O-R-I-E-G-N)
--Mortgage (--commonly misspelled M-O-R-G-A-G-E)
--Phlegm (--commonly misspelled P-H-L-E-M)
--Supersede (--The most commonly misspelled word, spelled as S-U-P-E-R-C-E-D-E.)
(--Incidentally, one of the most commonly misspelled words is . . . misspell. It's spelled M-I-S-S-P-E-L-L.) (Daily Telegraph)
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ReplyDeleteNEWSWIRE--A study by Collins dictionary company shows that supersede is the most commonly misspelled English word, followed by conscience, indict, foreign, mortgage and phlegm.
I wish I may, I wish I might
Recall the C that's in indict.
Or to write of Ecuadoran,
Add the E-I-G to foreign.
A -science suffix must appear
If I'm to keep my conscience clear.
And though it's coffee that I'm smelling,
Mortgage wants its T for spelling.
At the end, what's left is lem
(If P-H-G were hacked from phlegm).
As for supersede? Erase it:
It's defined as, "to replace it."
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