Discussion
Find the correctly spelt word:
Answer: B
Correct answer: Necessary
The correct spelling is necessary - one c, two ses, and the ending -ary. The standard mnemonic is a shirt: one collar and two sleeves. Another is the sentence never eat cake, eat salmon sandwiches and remain young, whose initials spell the word. It comes from the Latin necessarius, and the single c followed by double s is preserved from it. The ending -ary rather than -ery is a further trap and has no rule behind it, though it may help that the related noun is necessity. Compare stationary meaning motionless with stationery meaning writing materials - a pair distinguished only by that vowel. The adverb keeps everything: necessarily. The negative is unnecessary, which adds a double n at the front and so becomes harder still.
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