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Definitions Of Words That Are Often Spelt Wrong

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clairerob21 | 21:08 Wed 18th Mar 2015 | Quizzes & Puzzles
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1. person who undertakes a commercial enterprise often at personal financial tasks. 12
2. anything that happens; an event especially one unlooked for or unplanned 10
3. profane; disrespectful of something regarded as worthy of extreme respect 12
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1 Entrepreneur
Entrepreneur
Occurrence
Sacrilegious
3 sacrilegious
2 occurrence?
3 blasphemous
2 phenomenon, anomaly
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thanks all once again much appreciated
Occurrence often spelt with just one 'r'
Sacrilegious often spelt as sacreligious
The rule to remember with words like occurrence is that if the root word, in this case occur, ends in a single vowel followed by a single consonant, then the final consonant is doubled when adding a suffix, providing the final syllable is stressed. If unstressed then no reduplication. For example:
befit - befitting, but:
benefit - benefiting.

The exception is if the final consonant is an 'L', when it is doubled irrespective of where the stress falls, but not in American English.
You might at least make a mention of the charity quiz these questions are from.
Shaw and Crompton committee in aid of Macmillan.
Closing date 2nd May 2015

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