Sentence examples for spelled incorrectly from inspiring English sources

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The back of the check is endorsed by each man twice – first with their names spelled incorrectly and then accurately.

(Before that, he placed an ad in the local paper announcing the birth of a half sister to Cherie and her sister, Lyndsey, whose name he spelled incorrectly).

Young Mr. Figueroa spelled "potato" correctly on the blackboard, only to have Vice President Quayle, holding a flash card with the word spelled incorrectly, encourage him to add an "e" at the end.

"Earlier this week on a My Sun discussion block, the surname of Jacqui Janes, the mother of guardsman Jamie Janes, was spelled incorrectly," said the Sun in an online apology.

The competitor, Esteban Neira — whose name was spelled incorrectly by the police Sunday night — died after he was pulled unconscious from the Hudson River, where he was competing in the swim portion of the triathlon.

As an additional test, try to recognize which of the following commonly used words are spelled incorrectly, even though the offending ones are not highlighted in red: paralell, analyse, pituitary, dawg, sofomore, multiplakashun, the.

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In the headline, Kate Middleton's surname was spelt incorrectly.

(One of the principals, the Ritz deputy manager Hans Franz Elmiger, has his name spelt incorrectly throughout).

a) It's just the same as cocoa only spelt incorrectly.

Correction: In an earlier version of this article, Keri Hulme's surname was spelt incorrectly.

The investigation revealed that Bradbourn's name was spelt incorrectly on paperwork.

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