白领和商务人员经常拼错的25个英文单词

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些单词不仅是学习外语的职业人员难以把握的,就连英美专业人士也会张冠李戴,常常勿拼。白领和公务、商务人员往往怀揣高等学历,无论职务高低,经常写错字也不是件令人骄傲的事情,尤其是常用的词汇。既然是“白领”,就要对得起白色领子上的那个脑袋。

我们在英语国家里生活工作,也会意识到以语言为主的“潜规则”--就是,您可能很有学问,也很能干,或聪明得不得了。但是,如果您的英文不怎么样,英才往往被埋没, 或做一辈子沉默的老黄牛。

同僚转来这个考我,我还真的挠了半天头。好在我不属于“白领”--没有上司检查我的文字,更不用天天检讨月月汇报。


转来这个与同胞分享,希望能给谁带来点儿帮助和启发。


--作舟




请在10分钟内完成下列多项选择题(每项正确答案只有一个)

1. Which of the following spellings is correct?

a) acomodate
b) accomodate
c) acommodate
d) accommodate

2. Which of the following spellings is preferred in American English?

a) acknowledgment
b) acknowledgement
c) acknowlegment
d) acknowlegement

3. Which of the following spellings is correct?

a) arguement
b) argument
c) arguemant
d) arguemint

4. Which of the following spellings is correct?

a) comitment
b) comitmment
c) commitment
d) comitmant

5. Which of the following spellings is correct?

a) consensus
b) concensus
c) consencus
d) consenssus

6. Which of the following spellings is correct?

a) deductible
b) deductable
c) deductuble
d) deductabel

7. Which of the following spellings is always preferred in American English and preferred as an adjective in British English? ("He has insulin-__________ diabetes.")

a) dependant
b) depindant
c) dependent
d) dependunt

8. Which of the following spellings is correct?

a) embarras
b) embaras
c) embarass
d) embarrass

9. Which of the following spellings is correct?

a) existance
b) existence
c) existanse
d) existancse

10. Which of the following spellings is correct for a page at the beginning of a book?

a) foreward
b) forwords
c) forworde
d) foreword

11. Which of the following spellings is correct?

a) harass
b) haraas
c) harrass
d) herrass

12. Which of the following spellings is correct?

a) inadvertant
b) inadvartant
c) inadvartent
d) inadvertent

13. Which of the following spellings is correct?

a) indispensabel
b) indispensible
c) indispensable
d) indespensible

14. Which of the following spellings is preferred in American English?

a) judgement
b) judgment
c) judgemant
d) judgmant

15. Which of the following spellings is correct?

a) liason
b) liasson
c) liasone
d) liaison

16. Which of the following spellings is correct?

a) license
b) lisense
c) licens
d) lisence

17. Which of the following spellings is correct?

a) occassion
b) ocassion
c) occasion
d) ocasion

18. Which of the following spellings is correct?

a) occurrence
b) ocurrance
c) occurrance
d) occurance

19. Which of the following spellings is correct?

a) perserverance
b) persaverence
c) perserverence
d) perseverance

20. Which of the following spellings is correct?

a) prerogative
b) perogative
c) perogitive
d) preragitive

21. Which of the following spellings is correct?

a) privelege
b) privilege
c) privlege
d) privelige

22. Which of the following spellings is correct?

a) procede
b) proceede
c) proced
d) proceed

23. Which of the following spellings is correct?

a) seperate
b) separete
c) separate
d) seperat

24. Which of the following spellings is PREFERRED?

a) supersede
b) supercede
c) superceed
d) suparseed

25. Which of the following spellings is correct?

a) withhold
b) withhuld
c) withold
d) withhald






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