wow, you got me with #3.  I thought for sure the correct answer wasn't even up there.  I always have trouble with #6 too.  Thank goodness for m-w.com and spell check.

What's the prize if one gets all of the spelling correct.What's the answer to #1 when judgment and judgement are both correct?? 

I think the spell check is wrong.

I got them all except millennium.

Also, all of the #2 can be correct depending on definition. :)

This is a good test for a bunch of bloggers!

1.   a) judgment                     b) judgement                   c) judgemint

2.   a) lightning                      b) lightening                     c) lighting

3.   a) milennium                   b) milenium                      c) millennium

4.   a) calendar                      b) calender                       c) calander

5.   a) cemetery                     b) cemetary                      c) cematery

6.   a) accommodate              b) accomodate                   c) acommodate

7.   a) collectible                    b) collectable                     c) collecteble

8.   a) receive                        b) recieve                         c) receivi

9.   a) committed                   b) comitted                      c) commited

10. a) separate                     b) seperate                       c) seperete

There :). And I didn't cheat by opening up another browser window lol. How did I do?

that's fun, and just solidifies my reputation as a know-it-all...=)

Judgement.... Yes there are two spellings. I remember several years ago when I was a U.S. Navy Ensign (very low ranking officer!) I was the admin officer for an older Commander. He was a stickler for details. I misspelled "judgment" and, being hardheaded, I questioned him. Hey this the days before spellchecker was common - not the stone age, only the early 80s!  Looked it up and sure enough, there was a "British" version. I don't remember which way it was but he told me that "When you join the British Navy, You can spell it the British way." Enough Said! With spellcheckers we should never have it incorrect!

lol to Gary.  I learned the meaning and spelling of ensign with Mister Roberts, the Henry Fonda flick.  Yes, it was before my time, but gee how I love those old films.

 The following are correct!

1. a

2. all are correct

3. c

4. a

5. a

6. a

7. a & b

8. a

9. a

10. a

6 out of these words were on my son's spelling list lat week along with 14 others...   So are we smarter than a 5th grader?

Too cute Eileen...I happen to be blessed and am a good speller.  I must have been paying attention is shool after all...LOL!  There is a man in my office that went to college and is constantly coming in my office for computer assistance.  I only graduated from High School so both he and you have made this a great day for me Ha Ha!

1 b, 2 b, 3 c, 4 a ,5 a, 6 a, 7 a, these are the correct answers.

I'm an awful speller......always spell calendar wrong or is it colander? ; )

Live and die by the spell checker.

Sandra

Take the time to spell check and look over your work before you hit send.  Good lesson.

The keybord is to blame for most of my errors!  (it can't be my fingers)

I used to spell t-h-e correlty now I spell it t-e-h (good thing spell checker gets that one)

I always spell form f-r-o-m  (the checker lets that one go by)

I thought spell checker solved these problems.  Scrabble is not my strongest game.

1.   a) judgment                     b) judgement                   c) judgemint

2.   a) lightning                      b) lightening                     c) lighting

3.   a) milennium                   b) milenium                      c) millennium

4.   a) calendar                      b) calender                       c) calander

5.   a) cemetery                     b) cemetary                      c) cematery

6.   a) accommodate              b) accomodate                   c) acommodate

7.   a) collectible                    b) collectable                     c) collecteble

8.   a) receive                        b) recieve                         c) receivi

9.   a) committed                   b) comitted                      c) commited

10. a) separate                     b) seperate                       c) seperete

What do I win? :-)

Got them all correct.  I USED to always win the spelling bees (and that was a LONG time ago.)  Now, I find I have to double check my spelling quite a bit.  Thanks for a fun post.

Eileen,

This is like my worst nightmare!  I once got eliminated from a spelling bee for separate....I've never recovered,...and that was almost 40 years ago.

"Lime"

Eileen, I found myself saying the word and then spelling...I would have asked for you to give me a sentence...a regular spelling bee right here in the RAIN. I did quite well but will always use my spell check just in case. Thanks for the fun!

Here are the right answers  

1 is b , 2 is b, 3 is c, 4 is a, 5 is a, 6 is a, 7 is a , it was fun thanks for your quize

Let's thank FACTIVA a Dow Jones company that tracked the top mis-spelled words used in American news media.

The #1 mis-spelled word: JUDGMENT

That's the correct American spelling.

All the correct spellings were the A's with the exception of number 3 which is C.

Now, I grant you that this is a tough little quiz...in fact, my handsome, intelligent spouse missed two of them! So, don't feel badly.

The reward? Knowing that when you blog you are correctly spelling these words. Now, that's an achievement in itself!