Division of Student Affairs

Commonly Misspelled Words

advisor
accommodate
achievement
acknowledgment
chair (not chairman or chairperson)
consensus
course work (two words)
dilemma
e-mail
Ethernet
grade-point average
hors d’oeuvres
Internet (capitalized)
independent
irresistible
judgment
knowledge
liaison
login, logoff, logon
maintenance
necessary
noticeable
occurred, occurrence
online
perseverance
phone (use telephone)
possession
questionnaire
recommend
separate
their/they're (Use "their" when referencing something in the possessive. Use "they're" when referring to the contraction "they are."
World Wide Web, web, website