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Appendix C: Spelling errors encountered in the 2007 and 2014<br />

samples of writing<br />

Note: (?) denotes a lack of certainty about the intended word.<br />

A*<br />

2007 2014<br />

abruptley (abruptly)<br />

accomplass (accomplice)<br />

acheivement<br />

(achievement)<br />

alleway (alleyway)<br />

aprehension<br />

(apprehension)<br />

asending (ascending)<br />

barreled (barrelled)<br />

beated (beat)<br />

blanc (blank)<br />

breif (brief)<br />

deafinigly (deafeningly)<br />

desperatly (desperately)<br />

devistated (devastated)<br />

dissappointed<br />

(disappointed)<br />

dissappointment<br />

(disappointment)<br />

distruction (destruction)<br />

eachother (each other)<br />

emminate (eminate)<br />

everyword (every word)<br />

fowl (foul)<br />

freinds (friends)<br />

grandure (grandeur)<br />

immitated (imitated)<br />

in-front (in front)<br />

knawing (gnawing)<br />

lengt (length)<br />

manaaged (managed)<br />

micro-phone<br />

(microphone)<br />

monstorous (monstrous)<br />

nonchalance (nonchalant)<br />

over whelming<br />

(overwhelming)<br />

over-whelmed<br />

(overwhelmed)<br />

panik (panic)<br />

proove (prove)<br />

rehersal (rehearsal)<br />

scene (seen)<br />

sence (sense)<br />

sequined (sequinned)<br />

shanti (shanty)<br />

smoothered (smothered)<br />

some-where (somewhere)<br />

suppossed (supposed)<br />

surpresses (suppresses)<br />

traveler (traveller)<br />

un-noticed (unnoticed)<br />

un-yet (?)<br />

wildebeast (wildebeest)<br />

abnoxious (obnoxious)<br />

affect (effect)<br />

agknowledged<br />

(acknowledged)<br />

agua (aqua)<br />

apear (appear)<br />

argreable (agreeable)<br />

betwined (between)<br />

blood like (blood-like)<br />

callaused (calloused)<br />

chang (change)<br />

consistensy (consistency)<br />

defonition (definition)<br />

desperatly (desperately)<br />

down hill (downhill)<br />

earings (earrings)<br />

empty handed<br />

(empty-handed)<br />

endulged (indulged)<br />

everytime (every time)<br />

extra-ordinary<br />

(extraordinary)<br />

favorite (favourite)<br />

finaly (finally)<br />

flea (flee)<br />

foot path (footpath)<br />

forgotton (forgotten)<br />

grand parents<br />

(grandparents)<br />

grimely (grimly)<br />

guets (guests)<br />

habouring (harbouring)<br />

handome (handsome)<br />

her self (herself)<br />

hower (however)<br />

immediatey<br />

(immediately)<br />

incapeable (incapable)<br />

increasted (encrusted)<br />

initally (initially)<br />

inseperable (inseparable)<br />

intensly (intensely)<br />

leisurly (leisurely)<br />

lighting (lightning)<br />

logicey (Student intended<br />

to write ‘logic-y’ as in<br />

‘mathsy’)<br />

mosterous (monstrous)<br />

meter (metre)<br />

meters (metres)<br />

miss conception<br />

(misconception)<br />

moussy (mousy)<br />

mume (mum)<br />

my self (myself)<br />

neverending<br />

(never ending)<br />

occured (occurred)<br />

openned (opened)<br />

pastery (pastry)<br />

path way (pathway)<br />

pocket-full (pocketful)<br />

preperation (preparation)<br />

psuedo (pseudo)<br />

recieved (received)<br />

resembalance<br />

(resemblance)<br />

shouldiers (shoulders)<br />

shurely (surely)<br />

side walk (sidewalk)<br />

some how (somehow) x2<br />

thier (their)<br />

to (too)<br />

truely (truly)<br />

unexpectadly<br />

(unexpectedly)<br />

unfar (unfair)<br />

unfortuantly<br />

(unfortunately)<br />

vacancie (vacancy)<br />

vaccumed (vacuumed)<br />

were (where)<br />

wondered (wandered)<br />

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