How to spell ACQUAINTENCE correctly?

If you often find yourself misspelling "acquaintence", fret not! The correct spelling is "acquaintance", referring to a person one knows slightly. Remember to drop the unnecessary 'e' that sneaks in unnoticed. Don't be embarrassed; even the most skilled writers make this mistake once in a while.

• acquaintance
• acquaintances I ran into one of my old acquaintances from college at the grocery store yesterday.

Contempories

• contemporaneous
• contemporaries
• contemporary
• contemptuous
• cotemporaries