Spelling Selection — Identify the correctly spelled English word among lookalikes (Grief, Breif, Recieve, Diceive) and explain why the others are wrong using simple spelling rules.

Given data

• Candidates must select the correctly spelled word.
• Options: Grief, Breif, Recieve, Diceive.

Concept/ApproachApply the ‘‘i before e except after c’’ aid and recall common words. Only one option is a standard, error-free spelling.

Option-by-option analysisGrief — correct spelling (grief). ✅Breif — letters transposed; correct form is ‘‘brief’’ (brief); this is incorrect.Recieve — incorrect; after ‘‘c’’ the order is ‘‘ei’’ → ‘‘receive’’ (receive).Diceive — incorrect; correct is ‘‘deceive’’ (deceive), not starting with ‘‘di-’’; incorrect in both prefix and vowel order.

Common pitfallsMixing up ‘‘ie/ei’’ and using phonetically plausible but wrong prefixes are frequent errors.

Final AnswerGrief