Bucks New University Professor Ken Smith, in an article published in the Times Higher Education Supplement, argues that the most common spelling errors should not be corrected, but rather, accepted as “variant spellings.” His proposal mentions specifically ten words he views as most commonly misspelled, which include “arguement” for “argument” and “twelth” for “twelfth.” Smith cites the acceptance of both “judgement” and “judgment” as evidence that an evolving language will inevitably produce these variant spellings. Smith is not suggesting that words should be learned the improper way, however. “All I am suggesting is that we might well put 20 or so of the most commonly misspelt words in the English language on the same footing as those other words that have a widely accepted variant spelling,” he clarified.