Bad spelling - I'm not alone

Half of Britons can't spell common words

Forty per cent of Britons rely on autocorrect, survey reveals as occasionally, rhythm and conscience make it into the top words which stump writers

Embarrassment, occasionally and necessary have been listed among the words Britons have most difficulty spelling.

Researchers who studied 2,000 adults found that more than half had problems spelling commonly used words.

The list included accommodate, questionnaire and rhythm. Conscience also proved tricky, along with occurrence, restaurant and guarantee.

Source: Telegraph

 

 

Vocabulary:

to rely on stg/sb -

a survey -

to stump -

a researcher -

research (UNC) -

to tend to do stg -

to struggle -

to rate stg -

 

 

 

Read this other post about spelling and the tricks to remember how to spell certain words.