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The second word of your post is wrongly spelled!.... Should that be "present perfect":The second word of your post has been spelt incorrectly:
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In fact, Dean, the verb ‘spell’ has two past participle forms which are both considered correct and are in current usage. These are ‘spelled’ & ‘spelt’.
Regarding the choice of verb tense, the present perfect would refer to an action in the past which occurred at an unimportant or unspecified time; as in your sentence:
‘The second word of your post has been spelt incorrectly.’
The present simple passive may refer to a general statement of fact, irrespective of time. Therefore, ‘the second word of your post is wrongly spelled’ is also grammatically correct with a coherent meaning.
I’ll get me coat. 
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In fact, Dean, the verb ‘spell’ has two past participle forms which are both considered correct and are in current usage. These are ‘spelled’ & ‘spelt’.
Regarding the choice of verb tense, the present perfect would refer to an action in the past which occurred at an unimportant or unspecified time; as in your sentence:
‘The second word of your post has been spelt incorrectly.’
The present simple passive may refer to a general statement of fact, irrespective of time. Therefore, ‘the second word of your post is wrongly spelled’ is also grammatically correct with a coherent meaning.
I’ll get me coat.
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Hi
I never questioned the spelling of the verb "Spell".
As for the correct grammer.........i would think Present Perfect would be more suitable as we want to make a point about a recently made mistake...therefore the time element is relevant and would concern the present.
As you say,both are correct and if we were not bothered about the mistake that tense would be ok.......my point is someone was trying to be clever and make a point about something,which i think was incorrectly made.
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In fact, Dean, the verb ‘spell’ has two past participle forms which are both considered correct and are in current usage. These are ‘spelled’ & ‘spelt’.
Regarding the choice of verb tense, the present perfect would refer to an action in the past which occurred at an unimportant or unspecified time; as in your sentence:
‘The second word of your post has been spelt incorrectly.’
The present simple passive may refer to a general statement of fact, irrespective of time. Therefore, ‘the second word of your post is wrongly spelled’ is also grammatically correct with a coherent meaning.
I’ll get me coat.
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Spot on, Stephano. At last, a knowledgeable contribution on language! However, I would question your remarks about a tense in relation to an unspecified time. Does your info come from CoBuild? And I did not use the form "spelt", as you quote. I'm not so sure about this unspecified time. But a nice post....
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Spot on, Stephano. At last, a knowledgeable contribution on language! However, I would question your remarks about a tense in relation to an unspecified time. Does your info come from CoBuild? And I did not use the form "spelt", as you quote. I'm not so sure about this unspecified time. But a nice post....
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Confused by the sound of it....both of you.
Caminando! How can you say "spot on,Stephano" and then go on to question his choice of tense.......?
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What a strange and astonishing comment!
It's called "discussion and debate". It's what people do - exchange ideas. It's what people do when they have an interest in a subject and then they present their point of view to each other. Like riding in the rain - we have views and experiences on this and we share them. Sometimes called dialogue. I hope that's what you do.
As for the gang of pals who only want to provoke - bye bye, count me out. I just ignore most of your rudeness, as I find it character building to brush you off like flies.
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like the sound of your own voice Cammy?
Quoting yourself now Cammy, thought you were the type of geezer that likes the sound of his own voice.... that just proves it!
And you DONT ignore our comments Cammy, you come back for more. admit it Man, You LOVE IT!!! 
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