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[Spelling #1]
FOCUS: Correct spelling of words that are often misspelt and words that have alternative spellings.
Use the corpus to solve the following exercises:

1) Based on results from the corpus which of the following spellings of the -ing form of "be" are acceptable?
beeing
being
beiing
all three

2) Search for "human being" and "human beeing" in the corpus; based on the results from the corpus which of the two is acceptable?
human being
human beeing
both

3) Search for "advice" and "advise"; which of the two is most commonly found in the corpus?
advice
advise
they are equally common (same number of hits)

4) Has "advice" been used as a noun in the corpus?
Yes, it is always used as a noun
No, it is never used as a noun
No, it has only been only used as a verb

5) Has "advise" been used as a noun in the corpus?
Yes, it is always used as a noun
Yes, it has been used as a noun in approx. half of the occurrences
No, it is always used as a verb

6) Search for "labeled" and "labelled"; which of the two is most commonly found in the corpus?
labeled
labelled
they are equally common (same number of hits)

7) Click on the text code in brackets at the end of the first five lines of "labeled" and "labelled"; what does the information given in the header tell you about the spelling? (Rememer to sort the concordances by "keyword", i.e. default sort choice.)
"labeled" is typically found in American texts and "labelled" is typically found in British texts
"labeled" is not an acceptable spelling in either American or British English
"labeled" and "labelled" are used interchangeably in British and American English

8) Search for "enquire" and "inquire"; based on the corpus results, which of the two represents the acceptable spelling?
enquire
inquire
both


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