Is it proper

[Leanne]

Hurrah! I feel that way too....and I like my spelling mistakes to be pointed out to me, too. I now know how to spell minuscule from being shown that my version 'miniscule' was spelled/spelt wrong.

(Incidentally, this is an occasion where I need help.....should I say 'spelled wrong' or 'spelled wrongly'?)

"miniscule" is a perfectly acceptable variant of "minuscule" these days -- since it's been used (erroneously or otherwise) for about 300 years That's the beauty of a fluid language.

"wrong" vs "wrongly" -- well, it depends if you're being formal or informal. Informally, "right" and "wrong" are perfectly acceptable as adverbs in their own right, so "wrong" is quite all right If you wish to write it correctly, of course, it would have to be "wrongly".

And Billy dearest, yes, "spelling" is a gerund since it's used as a noun in that case :p