Round archive · September 15, 2026
A long drive across the plains
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We started our long drive inland near the windy coast of the atlanticAtlantic. Our initial plan was to cross the flat plains before the temperturetemperature dropped too low. After several hours of driving, my brother ran some quick analysisesanalyses on our fuel consumption. He concluded that we were perfectly safe to keep going until the sun went down. The endless fields of golden wheat looked beautiful under the fading afternoon sunlight. We immediately felt succesfulsuccessful when the distant mountains appeared on the dusty horizon. When we finally reached the cabin, the two boy'sboys arrived to unpack our bags.
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The traps in this round
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atlantic →Atlantic
Proper names of places take a capital letter.
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temperture →temperature
The word 'temperature' has four syllables: tem-per-a-ture.
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analysises →analyses
The plural of 'analysis' is 'analyses'.
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succesful →successful
'Successful' has two c's, two s's, then one l.
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boy's →boys
A plain plural takes no apostrophe.