EXERCISE 4.A. COPY THESE SENTENCES, ADDING NEEDED CAPITALS.

10. my cousin, major andrea langer, has just returned from a tour of duty in the northwest.

B. Copy the following poem, adding needed capitals.

but do not let us quarrel any more,

no, my lucrezia; bear with me for once:

sit down and all shall happen as you wish.

you turn your face, but does it bring your heart?

Lesson 27 Problems with

Spelling

You are more likely to misspell common words than uncommon ones. That happens

because you probably look up the spellings of hard words but assume that you know how

to spell the easy ones.

Frequently Misspelled Words

The commonly used words in the following list are among the most frequently mis-

spelled. Review them and master them.

ache broccoli excitement meant

accommodate built exhilarate minute

accumulate business experience necessary

acquaint captain feasible noticeable

across certain foreign occasion

agreeable character friend occurred

a lot (not alot) coming grammar occurrence

all right (not alright) committee handkerchief often

almost correspondence having omitted

always cough heard once

among course hospital piece

another describe immediately pleasant

appreciate disappear indispensable principal [school]

asked disappoint inoculate privilege

athletic doctor instead probably

beautiful doesn’t irresistible realize

before dropped knew really

believe embarrass knowledge receive

benefit enough library recommend

boundary every lightning resistance

break exception maintenance rhythm

continued

says straight though until

scene studying thought weird

secretary success threw which

separate supersede together woman

since surely toward writing

speech surprise