word with two n's - another similar only 1 n.

[kineton1]

How come the difference in N's in these two words
Questionnaire
Millionaire
?

[Ice.Maiden]

Lol - an anomaly of the English language kineton. Look at this.....

http://books.guardian.co.uk/quiz/questions/0,5 957,1303707,00.html

[ELVIS68]

Thanks for that link Ice


I now hate you ;o)

[slinkycat]

Just did that quiz ice, was mortified that I only got 12 out of 24:-( but it congratulated me on being "not too bad" sign of falling standards?!

[ELVIS68]

slinky...there were only 23 Qs Doh!

[slinkycat]

ooh picky:-)

[kineton1]

I did the quiz and got ONLY 16. Put out about that as I thought I was rather good at spelling.. Oh well it is late and I am tired - and I am sticking to that excuse. Good night everyone!

[ELVIS68]

No worries, I only got 12 right too :o(

[slinkycat]

And that means that my percentage was higher than I thought!!

[ELVIS68]

Not really, I thought I got 23 right so my percentage rate was higher than yours so up yours lol

[slinkycat]

ah yes but you only thought you got 23 right, so that doesn't count, ner ner, ner ner ner:-)

[ELVIS68]

I just did it again and got 25 right...beat that!

[factor-fiction]

Good link Ice Maiden.
Oh dear- I thought my spelling was pretty good and I'd probably get almost full marks but I got 4 wrong. I don't ever remember having to write the words broccoli, dumbbell or ecstasy before in business reports, so I'm not surprised I got these wrong; but I was pretty sure the word was miniscule not minuscule, so I have probably got that one wrong a few times over the years. I suppose it makes sense though- something small is minute.

Can anyone tell me the difference between learned and learnt? And is it spelt or spelled, or are both okay?

But it's not these words that really matter. Large numbers have people have problems with basic words like where and were, there and their, your and you're, lose and loose, etc