What is a typical spelling mistake you make?
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For me common spelling mistakes include confusing some of these word pairs.
- loose vs. lose
- then vs. than
- were vs. where
Pronounce and pronunciation seem like they should have the same root, but one of them has an extra 'o' for some perfectly logical reason. I know the difference and don't consistently misspell it, but if I edit a sentence to switch from one to the other without noticing that it's a danger inflection ...
Also maintain vs. maintenance for the same reason.
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Travelling vs traveling
The former is British, the latter is American. Noah Webster eliminated letter doubles in words where he thought the extra one didn't add anything useful. Another word that did the same thing is "level(l)ing".
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I will cry if this becomes the evolution of emoji usage lol
Think of all of the interesting things you can do with regional dialects!
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For me common spelling mistakes include confusing some of these word pairs.
- loose vs. lose
- then vs. than
- were vs. where
wrote last edited by [email protected]I say wether, not whether, and anyways, not anyway. I also never remember how to write thorought.
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For me common spelling mistakes include confusing some of these word pairs.
- loose vs. lose
- then vs. than
- were vs. where
Licence / license, and practice / practise. I have to look them up every single time because I forget which of each is the noun and which is the verb, and even then, there are situations where using the noun as a verb might actually be the right thing to do and I hate the whole thing. So I probably still get those wrong whenever I use them.
Barring brain farts (increasingly common) and muscle memory leading me astray on the keyboard, my spelling is otherwise fairly good, but those pairings I could do without.
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For me common spelling mistakes include confusing some of these word pairs.
- loose vs. lose
- then vs. than
- were vs. where
Viscous vs vicious.
It’s a viscous cycle.
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For me common spelling mistakes include confusing some of these word pairs.
- loose vs. lose
- then vs. than
- were vs. where
wrote last edited by [email protected]I habitually throw random spelling and grammatical mistakes into my posts and comments all the time, to make it less likely that anyone can fingerprint my writing style and thereby dox me. That is the only reason for any such errors.
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I say wether, not whether, and anyways, not anyway. I also never remember how to write thorought.
Thorought I think would be pronounced thor-uft.
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Interesting, so I could make the argument that I was right all along
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For me common spelling mistakes include confusing some of these word pairs.
- loose vs. lose
- then vs. than
- were vs. where
wrote last edited by [email protected]- centennial, millennial, embarrassed, etc. (Where are the double-letters and where are they not? Who fucking knows.)
- backward(s), forward(s), leftward(s), etc. (Do words like this have an S or not? Who fucking knows.)
- reconnaissance (Just fuck this word.)
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For me common spelling mistakes include confusing some of these word pairs.
- loose vs. lose
- then vs. than
- were vs. where
I used to have trouble with necessary. I have pages of notes with neccesary/neseccary/necesary/necessary scribbled in the margins to see which one looked right.
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For me common spelling mistakes include confusing some of these word pairs.
- loose vs. lose
- then vs. than
- were vs. where
"effecient" instead of "efficient".
The funny thing is as I get older I find myself typing homonyms of words instead of the word I meant. My fingers are barely listening to my brain lol -
For me common spelling mistakes include confusing some of these word pairs.
- loose vs. lose
- then vs. than
- were vs. where
ageing vs aging
The former is the way I learned it in school way back in the 70's... Apparently that is the way the British spell it and it sends US citizens into an aneurysm.
One that bothers me the most when people do it is brake vs break. Your car will break if you do not apply the brake in a timely fashion.
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For me common spelling mistakes include confusing some of these word pairs.
- loose vs. lose
- then vs. than
- were vs. where
I fuck up "insure/ensure" and "effect/affect" a lot.
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For me common spelling mistakes include confusing some of these word pairs.
- loose vs. lose
- then vs. than
- were vs. where
One thing I'm realizing more and more as I type in a game in PC is that I'm only good at spelling the first half of words. I've gotten used to auto correct on phones and spell check in other programs. My errors are typically on the end.
Necessary and apparently are two common words I get wrong fairly often.
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Viscous vs vicious.
It’s a viscous cycle.
A vicious liquid!
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Regarding license and licence, in American English it's just always license. So when in doubt pick that and claim to be an expat lol.
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- Guarantee
- it(')s
For the pairs you mentioned this might help:
- "loose" is a loose word, it's extra "o" makes it lanky, but "lose" lost an "o"
- "then" is a reply to "when" and is spelt similarly rather "than" the comparison word
- "where" is a question answered by "here;" "was" has no "h" and neither does "were"
It's and its annoy me because they both make sense for possessive. The only thing that really made me feel better is thinking of it's like his and hers. His and hers doesn't have an apostrophe.
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For me common spelling mistakes include confusing some of these word pairs.
- loose vs. lose
- then vs. than
- were vs. where
Australian English is based off British English but is not identical. Both are different to US English and have a lot of words that are spelled with a bit more historical contingency. That said, knowing which words have which version of suffix can be difficult.
For example, authorise or authorize. Practice or practise. Gaol or jail. English is a pain but it does make a good common language.
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I fuck up "insure/ensure" and "effect/affect" a lot.
"effect/affect"
There are three meanings to each. Good luck.
