Question

Choose the word that is correctly spelled:
A. Occasionally
B. Ocasionally
C. Occasionaly
D. None of the above

Answer 1

Hint: We know that the words used in languages are made of letters. Letters are the segmental symbols of writing systems. We have read and studied that these letters group and form words which have particular meanings. Thus, the order in which these letters form the words is known as the ‘spelling’. In other words, spelling is the literal ‘translation’ of speech into writing. It is the most important part of grammar as it helps to distinguish words just by a glance.

Complete answer:
1. Now that we have seen what ‘spelling’ is. Let us move on to find the word that has been spelled correctly.
2. In order to remember the spelling of this word, we should see the formation of this word. It is clearly evident that this is an adverb that has formed by the adjective ‘occasional’. We can see that while pronouncing ‘occasional’, we are stressing on the part ‘-cc-’. Thus, two ‘c’ will be used.
3. Then, we move on to the last part of the word. We know that the adverb of an adjective which ends in a consonant is made by adding a ‘-ly’ to its end.
4. The word that we now get is ‘occasionally’. Hence, option A is the correct answer.

Hence the correct answer is option ‘A'.

Note:For example, let us take into consideration the words, ‘week’ and ‘weak’. The former refers to the time period that consists of seven days. Whereas the latter is the condition where somebody has very little physical strength. We can see that these words sound very similar, but as per meaning they are different. This difference is created with the help of their spellings.