commonly misspelled words

Procedes or proceeds?

Which is correct?
RDC is unlikely to ever be as secure as the traditional deposit method, in which the bank must receive the physical check before it _______ to deposit funds to the customer’s account.
a. procedes
b. proceeds
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All right or alright?

Which is correct?
I had a lot of success with distance learning, so I felt _______ about missing out on the social aspects of school.
a. alright
b. all right

Answer: b

Explanation:
Alright is not a word — which is a little confusing because there are similar compound words with all, such as altogether and already.

Bob Dylan gets full marks on this one with “Don’t Think Twice, it’s All Right” but the Who fails with “The Kids are Alright.” The kids may be all right but their spelling is all wrong.

Grammar Girl Mignon Fogarty has a good post about all right vs. alright.

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Which is correct — alterior or ulterior?

Which is correct? Although ISPs promote DNS redirection as a service to customers, customers typically think the ISPs have _______ motives. a. alterior b. ulterior

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Which is correct — guage or gauge?

Which is correct? A beta release allows developers to _____ the quality of a product before general release. a. gauge b. guage

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Which is correct — ingenious or ingenuous?

Which is correct? Many e-readers have ________ energy-saving features to lengthen the time between charges. a. ingenuous b. ingenious

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Which is correct — missuse or misuse?

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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Which is correct — separate or seperate?

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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Which is correct — judgement or judgment?

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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“Here, here” or “hear, hear?”

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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Stanch or staunch?

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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