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[MarkHastings]

My ex used to get PISSED if someone said "a whole 'nother"

I'd tell you more about her, but that's a whole 'nother story.

 

[Mike Voigt]

Mark:
stationary - something that sits still
stationery - something that you write on

 

[Glenn Overholt]

Yeah, but isn't the stationery stationary?

I use the 'a' in paper to associate it with stationery. I know it is bad, but it works for me.

Glenn

 

[Citizen87645]

Hey, whatever works! My dad has always done funny things with words (I think there's a term for this) just to be kind of silly with the kids and this basically helped me be a better speller. Most times he would break apart the word into chunks and I can remember looking at words in grade school and either "chunking" them or just pronouncing them strangely. Later in college I learned these were mnemonic devices. I just had to do one for "mnemonic"

 

[Francois Caron]

English is technically my second language and even I'm shocked by how many mistakes are routinely made by people for whom English is supposedly their FIRST and ONLY language! But you wouldn't know it by the way they write!

As for those who think spelling is not all that important on the Internet, you'd better hope you never show up for a job interview with me as the interviewer. I'm the kind of person who would most likely judge your writing skills based on how you generally express yourself on public forums.

 

[MarkHastings]

And the rest of the world doesn't make misspellings in their own language?

2 big reasons why there are so many misspellings in the English language, is:
1.) Laziness
and
2.) The language has been so bastardized that it no longer resembles a language anymore.

 

[Citizen87645]

Okay - just had to add one more that I've seen on this site quite a bit...

climactic - consisting of or causing a climax; "a climactic development"

climatic - of or relating to a climate; "climatic changes"

 

[NickSo]

tell that to ted lee

 

[Henry Gale]

Since I love to visit courthouses and state capitol buildings I've had to learn the difference between:

capitol: A building of state government

capital: A city serving as a seat of government

An easy way to remember the "o" in capitol is that those buildings usually have a dome.

 

[Elizabeth S]

 

[Marvin]

Otherwise it would be stetionery?

 

[Joseph DeMartino]

Depends on how funny. Logosexuality?

Logophilia?

Joe

 

[Dave Simpson]

As that idiot Fred Durst might say, I'm in agreeance with everything said here. Cheers.

DS.

 

[Tim Fennell]

How about could of? As in I could of paid less for my system?

I find that I am constantly noticing spelling errors but try to relax and not let it bug me. Life is too short to wear yourself into a frazzle over something that will never change.

 

[MarkHastings]

I know people say it that way, but I think they write it because they don't realize what they are really saying.

Shortening "could have" into "Could've" DOES sound a lot like "could of", hence people write what they are hearing and not realizing that they are actually speaking it correctly...they're just not writting it correctly.

 

[Jason Seaver]

I get that, but it does still annoy me. A similar thing is people who write "come on" as "common". I actually once got into a heated argument that the "proper" contraction for that is "c'mon", and that seeing "common" used like that just stopped the reading dead.

 

[Ken Chui]

I would be more than happy to oblige your request. Equivalent alternatives may be arranged.

 

[Ken Chui]

Oh, the irony....

 

[Ellen]

One that I see a lot recently is different to. It drives me nuts. Where on earth did that come from? Shouldn't it be different from?

I also cringe every time I see being that and being as.

 

[Kevin M]

I use "I'm" rather than "I Am" quite a bit in my posts, that is apparently poo-pooed in most literate circles.



.....poo-pooed?