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Christmassy, Christmassier, Christmassiest

canproofread — Sun, 26 Dec 2010 06:00:43 +0000

Was your Christmas Christmassy?

Was it Christmassier than previous Christmases?

Was it the Christmassiest one so far?

End these with “ward”, not “word”

canproofread — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 06:00:32 +0000

These words sound like they should end with word but their correct spelling ends with ward.

Awkward, afterward, backward, coward, downward, forward, homeward, inward, onward, upward and westward.

Did you study for all the quizzes?

canproofread — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 06:00:33 +0000

quiz, quizzes
quizzable
quizzed
quizzer, quizzers
quizzical
quizzicality, quizzicalities
quiuzzically
quizzicalness
quizzing
quizzism

Better tweak that grammar a little

canproofread — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 06:00:40 +0000

tweak means a slight adjustment
He tweaked the controls to bring in a better signal

tweek is not a word

I’ve been racking my brain on this one

canproofread — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 06:00:04 +0000

nerve-racking means intensely distressing or irritating to the nerves

It is not recking, wracking or wrecking.

It comes from the medieval torture instrument called the rack.

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A bow hunter must be a stalker to be successful

canproofread — Sat, 13 Nov 2010 06:00:18 +0000

to stalk means to sneak up on something or follow someone constantly
He would stalk his victims for weeks.

to stock means to fill grocery store shelves with products
He would stock the shelves at night.

This is the real McCoy

canproofread — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 06:00:02 +0000

The real McCoy means the real thing.

It appears to have originally been the real McKay in Scotland. It was used to refer to G Mackay & Co Ltd’s whisky.

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If you don’t vote, don’t complain!

canproofread — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 06:00:11 +0000

Easily misspelled election terms:

campaign
candidate
caucus
constituency
constituent
delegate
federal
gubernatorial
incumbent
independent
partisan
precinct
rhetoric

It is spooky to not spell Halloween words correctly

canproofread — Sun, 31 Oct 2010 06:00:16 +0000

ghost, not gost (silent h)

witch, not which

pumpkin, not pumkin

skeleton, not skelton

cemetery, not cemetary

frightening, not frightning

jack o’ lantern with the apostrophe replacing the letter f

tombstone, not toombstone

werewolf, not wherewolf

Did someone say no one showed up?

canproofread — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 06:00:50 +0000

anyone means any person

everyone means every person

someone means some person

no one means not one person

Note that no one is two words, unlike the other three.

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