Comments on: Misspelling Bee: Can You Spell These Commonly Misspelled Words Correctly?

By: Vampire Daze

Vampire Daze — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:41:29 +0000

Well this test would have some logic to it if it used the CORRECT English and not the Americanised version. The correct ENGLISH spelling is Judgement not Judgment. Just because the US bastardised the English language does not make your quiz correct. If you want to make your quiz correct either use proper English or state that you are using US English of which there are many differences. For example; colour – color, neighbour – neighbor, colourised – colorized.

Both versions of each word are technically correct now according to most dictionaries dependent on where you were educated. I live in Australia and we use British English.

However, the various eBay tools that use spelling errors are great. I’ve found real bargains that way.

By: Sun

Sun — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 15:19:36 +0000

Actually it is judgment for American English, and judgement for British English, although its more and more written as judgment in Britain, judgement is still more correct.

By: Kris

Kris — Sun, 24 May 2009 07:30:24 +0000

Its really interesting to know.

By: barry

barry — Tue, 05 May 2009 20:51:05 +0000

god there are some thick bastards in the world.

By: trix

trix — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 02:46:31 +0000

I don`t know where you get your information from. English is supposed to be one of the easiest languages in the world. My native language is Spanish and I have learned English, French, and Dutch. I personally believe English was the easiest one.

By: Kiki

Kiki — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 16:30:07 +0000

Sorry, your quiz is wrong. Judgement is what one has (or lacks) and a judgment is what a court gives.

By: Asher

Asher — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 00:12:40 +0000

Judgment is the standard variant in Standard American English for the lexeme which sees judgement to be the standard variant in British, New Zealand and Australian English.

Neither is incorrect.

By: raetsel

raetsel — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 23:38:38 +0000

oh, and also, “judgement” is no more incorrect than spelling “gray” as “grey” so perhaps this should explain that it wants american english and not british (which coincidentally seems backwards since most who learn english as a second language learn the british)

By: raetsel

raetsel — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 23:35:58 +0000

oh, and also “judgement” is not really any more incorrect than spelling “gray” as “grey.”

By: raetsel

raetsel — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 23:34:30 +0000

for some misspellings, people will find them more because the misspelling is so common. it’s not just on ebay but on other websites as well for SEO purposes… e.g. something like stationery – more people probably search google for “stationary” than the proper spelling.