Discussion
Find the wrongly spelt word. If all four are correctly spelt, choose “All correct”.
Answer: D
Correct answer: Humourous
Humourous is the misspelling. The correct form is humorous - the u of humour is dropped when the adjective is formed. This is a real and consistent pattern in British English. The nouns keep -our, but several derived adjectives and nouns drop the u before a Latin suffix: humour gives humorous, glamour gives glamorous, vigour gives vigorous, rigour gives rigorous, labour gives laborious, and honour gives honorary and honorific. Note that the u survives before English suffixes: humourless, colourful, honourable and favourite all keep it. The rule turns on the origin of the suffix. The other three options in this question are all correctly spelt, and rigorous and vigorous illustrate the same dropping.
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