Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Cincinnati is my#1 hardest.
Diarrhea (appropriately) is #2.
I struggle with both of these too. I hate Cincinnati and the fact that I have to work so hard to spell it only deepens that loathing. Now Cleveland -- what a straightforward, delightful city! Love it.
Midwest
some of my tax stuff goes there, that's a tough one for me since it's not frequent enough to remember.
Otherwise, I'm good at spelling. License used to be a challenge, but I have that down.
To the lawyer--judgment is correct. Once I proofread a college friend's paper (before computers, erasable typing paper) and erased all the extra e's. His review committee (2 people) chucked about the "holes in your judgments." It may be your colleagues who are wrong? This is assuming you are in the US.
I know the New Yorker uses English conventions for words like "focused" which they spell "focussed." Rule in US is if the syllable ending in a single consonant is not stressed you type the letter once.
When I type "antibiotic" my fingers hit an "l" 90% of the time ""antibioltic").