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Just for fun

• Anecdotes for word-lovers
• Don’t rely on your spell-checker!
• Fun with punctuation

Just plain wrong

• Is it benefitted or benefited?
• Is it dialled or dialed?
• Is it focussed or focused?
• Is it handicapped or handicaped?
• Is it kidnapped or kidnaped?
• Is it on-going or ongoing?
• Is it post code or postcode?
• Is it reiterate or iterate?
• Is it targetted or targeted?
• Is it travelled or traveled?
• Is it unparallelled or unparalleled?
• Is it worshipped or worshiped?

Different spellings; different meanings

• Is it alright or all right?
• Is it altogether or all together?
• Is it complimentary or complementary?
• Is it disk or disc?
• Is it distinct or distinctive?
• Is it effect or affect?
• Is it enquiry or inquiry?
• Is it every day or everyday?
• Is it faint or feint?
• Is it flammable or inflammable?
• Is it imply or infer?
• Is it its or it’s?
• Is it learned or learnt?
• Is it license or licence?
• Is it long term or long-term?
• Is it marinade or marinate?
• Is it practise or practice?
• Is it program or programme?
• Is it recover or re-cover; recreate or re-create; reenforce/reinforce or re-enforce/re-inforce; reform or re-form?
• Is it setup, set-up or set up?
• Is it thank you, thankyou or thank-you?
• Is it under way or underway?
• Is it vain, vane or vein?

Up for discussion/modern words

• Is it Diesel or diesel?
• Is it e-business or ebusiness?
• Is it e-mail, email, E-mail or Email?
• Is it Web site or Website?
• Is it OK or okay – and why?
• Is it online, on line or on-line?
• Is it proofreader, proof reader or proof-reader?
• What is the origin of the phrase ‘the bee’s knees’?