\nI read the word “sceptical” with surprise. One of the word processing programs I use doesn’t like it either. Yet, Webster’s Dictionary and Oxford Canadian Dictionary agree: sceptic is another way to spell skeptic.\n<\/p>\n
\nSceptic is a spelling so easy to be skeptical of: it defies the soft “c” before “e” rule. Yet, just like sasquatch and aliens, it’s real.<\/p>\n
Curiously, the spell checker questions sasquatch as well, but is happy with aliens. Perhaps it doesn’t believe in sceptics or sasquatch?\n<\/p>\n
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\nMish, Frederick C (editor). The Merriam-Webster Dictionary<\/em>. Springfield: Merriam-Webster, 2004.<\/p> \nBarber, Katherine et al. Oxford Canadian Dictionary of Current English<\/em>. Don Mills: Oxford University Press, 2005.\n<\/p>\nJack of Oracle Tutoring by Jack and Diane,<\/a> Campbell River, BC.\n\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Self-tutoring about spelling: the tutor had his doubts in one case…. I read the word “sceptical” with surprise. One of the word processing programs I use doesn’t like it either. Yet, Webster’s Dictionary and Oxford Canadian Dictionary agree: sceptic is …<\/p>\n