英语博客：Spelling mistakes.

　　I was checking the comments on my blog today, hoping to get some feedback¹ from my lovely podlisteners, when I came across one that was a bit worrying. Huy Mai very kindly² complimented³ my podcast and informed me that I had made a couple of spelling mistakes on my blog of 'A Haitian art surprise'. I quickly looked up the blog, and realised that I certainly had made a couple of spelling mistakes. "Oh, Anna! How could you?" I said to myself, as I erased⁴ and corrected my mistakes. An English teacher making a mistake in English spelling? How is that possible? Shame on me. I made my mind up that I would not allow this to happen again, and that I will triple-check my work in the future. Do you find that you make mistakes when you are tired or in a hurry? I certainly do. It reminds me of a story about my children's school. There was a spelling competition going on, and one of the staff members had put up a message of encouragement on the large notice board that is next to the main road. It told the date of the spelling competition, a few details, and then it said, "We know that you'll do grat," instead of 'great'. Someone driving by noticed the spelling mistake and took a picture of it on her iPhone, and then sent it in to a television station. Gosh, bad news travels fast! I do catch myself, every now and then, when I'm writing a podcast, wondering if I should put the American or English spelling of a word, as many are different. For example, today I have used the words 'realised' and 'surprised', both spelt the English way. In the U.S they are spelt with a 'z'. Infact, the word 'spelt' is not used much in the U.S.; it is interchangeable with spelled, though it really is, in this instance⁵, describing the words, not the action of spelling. Here are some further examples:
Grammar notes.
Spelt, dreamt, spoilt⁶, burnt.
1. His name was in the paper, but it was spelt incorrectly⁷.
2. I dreamt that I lived in a world of chocolate.
3. She is so spoilt. Her behavior (our) was so bad that she spoilt (spoiled) the party.
4. The cookies are burnt; we can eat them. Sorry everyone, I burnt (burned) them!
So, in conclusion, though spelling should  be correct, some English/ American verbs⁸ are interchangeable, so both are correct.

1 feedback   

n.回授，反馈，反应

参考例句：

• I was getting great feedback from my boss.老板对我的评价很高。
• You need feedback to monitor progress.你需要利用反馈信息来监控进展。

2 kindly   

adj.和蔼的，温和的，爽快的；adv.温和地，亲切地

参考例句：

• Her neighbours spoke of her as kindly and hospitable.她的邻居都说她和蔼可亲、热情好客。
• A shadow passed over the kindly face of the old woman.一道阴影掠过老太太慈祥的面孔。

3 complimented   

v.表扬，恭维( compliment的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• They complimented me on the way I looked each time they saw me. 每次见到我，他们都称赞我的外貌。 来自辞典例句
• He complimented her on her new dress without even looking at it. 他连看都没看一眼，就称颂她的新衣服。 来自辞典例句

4 erased   

v.擦掉( erase的过去式和过去分词 )；抹去；清除

参考例句：

• He erased the wrong answer and wrote in the right one. 他擦去了错误答案，写上了正确答案。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He removed the dogmatism from politics; he erased the party line. 他根除了政治中的教条主义，消除了政党界限。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 instance   

n.例，例证，实例

参考例句：

• Can you quote me a recent instance?你能给我举一个最近的例子吗？
• He's a greedy boy,yesterday,for instance,he ate all our biscuits!他是个贪吃的孩子――比如，他昨天把我们的饼干都吃了！

6 spoilt   

adj.（孩子）宠坏的；惯坏的；（食物）变质的；spoil的过去式和过去分词v.变质( spoil的过去式和过去分词 )；损坏；毁掉；破坏

参考例句：

• The film is spoilt by unrealistic contrivances of plot. 这部电影被不实际的牵强情节给毁了。
• Our camping trip was spoilt by bad weather. 天气不好，破坏了我们的露营旅行。

7 incorrectly   

adv.错误地

参考例句：

• The oral message was incorrectly transmitted.口信传达错了。
• I'v filled in this form incorrectly.Can I have another blank?我把表格填错了。再给我一张空白的，可以吗？

8 verbs   

动词

参考例句：

• I have to swot up on phrasal verbs for a test tomorrow. 我不得不为明天的测验努力温习短语动词。
• Verbs that do not take object are called intransitive verbs. 不带宾语的动词称为不及物动词。