Spelling Errors in the US Constitution
According to the history books, the final preparation of the text for the US Constitution (signed Sept 17, 1787) was a bit rushed. The most glaring _____________________
is the inconsistent spelling of the word Pennsylvania. This word appears with two n's first and later with one n. _____________________
the one n spelling was common at the time (it appears on the Liberty Bell), it was an error since Pennsylvania was named after _____________________
founder William Penn. In addition, the Constitution uses the spelling c-h-u-s-e for choose, which was also a non-standard variation of the word at the time. Finally, in Article I, Section 10, the _____________________
form its is incorrectly written as the contraction it's (before inspection Laws). These
_____________________inconsistencies and errors likely didn't raise any eyebrows in the late 1700s.