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May, 2009

May 29 2009   1:33PM GMT

Which is correct — simple or simplistic?



Posted by: Ivy Wigmore
CIO, simple or simplistic, commonly confused words, commonly misused words, Business writing, Quiz
typing Which is correct?
A good markup language should be as ________ as possible, rather than needlessly complicated.
a. simple
b. simplistic

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May 27 2009   5:02PM GMT

Which is correct — OSes or OS’s?



Posted by: Ivy Wigmore
CIO, pluralization, OS's or OSes, spelling, Business writing, Quiz
typing Which is correct?
The criteria for choosing among ____ for mobile devices are complicated.
a. OS’s
b. OSes

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May 27 2009   4:48PM GMT

Which is correct — missuse or misuse?



Posted by: Ivy Wigmore
CIO, misuse or missuse, spelling, commonly misspelled words, Business writing, Quiz
typing Which is correct?
Privacy watchdog organizations are concerned about the potential ______ of information when data is shared among organizations.
a. misuse
b. missuse

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May 26 2009   3:52PM GMT

Which is correct — separate or seperate?



Posted by: Ivy Wigmore
CIO, seperate or separate, spelling, commonly misspelled words, Business writing, Quiz
typing Which is correct?
In a hybrid cloud, sensitive data and computing resources may be maintained in two _________ environments.
a. separate
b. seperate

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May 21 2009   5:57PM GMT

Which is correct — judgement or judgment?



Posted by: Ivy Wigmore
CIO, judgement or judgment, spelling, commonly misspelled words, Business writing, Quiz
typing Which is correct?
It might pay off to migrate your organization to a cloud computing environment but you’ll have to use your own _________.
a. judgement
b. judgment

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May 20 2009   1:27PM GMT

“Here, here” or “hear, hear?”



Posted by: Ivy Wigmore
CIO, here, here or hear, hear, commonly misspelled words, Business writing, Quiz, spelling
typing Which is correct?
There were cries of ___________ when the CEO praised employees for the successful launch of the new voice service.
a. “hear, hear”
b. “here, here”

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May 18 2009   5:42PM GMT

Which is correct — flout or flaunt?



Posted by: Ivy Wigmore
CIO, flaunt or flout, commonly confused words, commonly misused words, Business writing, Quiz
typing Which is correct?
It only takes one user ________ security policies to give an attacker access to network data.
a. flouting
b. flaunting

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May 14 2009   6:54PM GMT

Beg the question or raise the question?



Posted by: Ivy Wigmore
CIO, begging the question, commonly misused phrases, Business writing, Quiz
typing Which is correct?
The age of ubiquitous social connectivity ____ the question of whether we really need to be friends with everyone we know.
a. begs
b. raises

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May 13 2009   11:46AM GMT

Stanch or staunch?



Posted by: Ivy Wigmore
CIO, stanch / staunch, commonly misspelled words, commonly confused words, Business writing, Quiz
typing Which is correct?
James Turnbull discusses three open source tools that can be used in conjunction to secure e-mail and ______ the flow of spam.
a. stanch
b. staunch

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May 12 2009   12:08PM GMT

Neither - nor and verb agreement



Posted by: Ivy Wigmore
CIO, neither / nor, subject-verb agreement, Business writing, grammar, Quiz
typing Which is correct?
Currently, neither voice dialing nor voice search ___ considered to be dependable.
a. is
b. are

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