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Special #6: Commonly Misspelled Words The correct spelling of 15 commonly
misspelled words are hiding across, down, backwards, and diagonally in the grid.
However, it's up to you to figure out which is the correctly-spelled word in each pair of
words in the word list first! The remaining letters will spell out two related
quotations. The idea of this puzzle came from Encarta.msn.com, where you can take their spelling quiz, get homework
help, and much, much more. Print out and enjoy!
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Word List:
Absorbtion/Absorption, Abundance/Abundence, Beaurocracy/Bureaucracy,
Concensus/Consensus, Definate/Definite, Embarass/Embarrass, Fiery/Firey,
Mischevious/Mischievous, Occurrance/Occurrence, Playwright/Playwrite,
Pronounciation/Pronunciation, Satellite/Sattelite, Vaccuum/Vacuum, Warrant/Warrent,
Weird/Wierd.
"If a word in the
dictionary were misspelled, how would we know?"
-Steven Wright
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