The "No Excuse" Fifty

[Shira]

I call this list the "No Excuse" fifty because there is no use in offering excuses when we misspell any of these words. They are too simple!! We might be able to explain why we can't spell words like "hippopotamus" or "equestrienne" by pointing out that we have never had a job with a circus. But when we misspell any words on this list, all we can do is blush and look the other way because they are among the most common words in our language.

1. accept (to accept money)
2. across
3. all right
4. always
5. among
6. beginning
7. believe
8. business
9. coming
10. criticize
11. description
12. disappear
13. disappoint
14. doesn't
15. finally
16. forty
17. hoping
18. immediately
19. its (in its nest), it's
20. library
21. literature
22. losing
23. minute
24. necessary
25. occurred
26. omit
27. peculiar
28. perhaps
29. pleasant
30. principal (of a school), principle
31. probably
32. quiet (a quiet motor)
33. realize
34. really
35. receive
36. separate
37. similar
38. surprise
39. than (more than Mary)
40. their (in their house), they're
41. therefore
42. truly
43. too (too hot or too cold), two, to
44. until
45. usually
46. weather (rainy weather), whether
47. Wednesday
48. who's (who is), whose
49. women (several women)
50. writing