Writing for Business - A Whatis.com Blog » Agile projects http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/writing-for-business Is your grammar as good as your code? Thu, 23 May 2013 20:41:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Accomodate or accommodate? http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/writing-for-business/accomodate-or-accommodate/ http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/writing-for-business/accomodate-or-accommodate/#comments Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:34:31 +0000 Ivy Wigmore http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/writing-for-business/?p=916 Which is correct?
According to Mike Cohn, Agile planning ___________ change by recognizing that it will occur.
a. accommodates
b. accomodates

Answer: a

Explanation:

Accommodate has double c’s and double m’s.

Yourdictionary.com suggests you remember it this way: Accommodate is large enough to accommodate both two c’s and two m’s. See the site for its list of the 100 most frequently misspelled words in English.

According to the Business Writing Center, accommodate makes the top 25 list of the most commonly misspelled words in business writing. Take their quiz to test yourself on the other 24.

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