Which word is correctly spelled for a formal group appointed to oversee tasks?

Which word is correctly spelled for a formal group appointed to oversee tasks?

• A. Dessert
• B. Committe
• C. Comity
• D. Committee

Answer: (D)

This item tests how a word that names a formal group entrusted with tasks is spelled. The correct form is committee, with two m’s and two t’s and ending in -tee. This spelling keeps the double letters that signal a plural, multi-person group and matches the standard noun formed to describe such a body. Other spellings don’t fit this meaning: dessert is a different word for a sweet course, comity means civility or courtesy, and commitee is a common misspelling missing a letter or two.

This item tests how a word that names a formal group entrusted with tasks is spelled. The correct form is committee, with two m’s and two t’s and ending in -tee. This spelling keeps the double letters that signal a plural, multi-person group and matches the standard noun formed to describe such a body. Other spellings don’t fit this meaning: dessert is a different word for a sweet course, comity means civility or courtesy, and commitee is a common misspelling missing a letter or two.