A couple of mine are:
tommorrow (should be "tomorrow")
definately (should be "definitely")
What are yours?
2006-09-14 14:44:33 · 18 answers · asked by cleopatra2u 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
I had another question entitled "Pet peeve misused words?" for things like:
- your / you're
- there / their / they're
- to / too / two (thanks Lucky Ducky)
- its / it's (thanks Mosaic)
- "could OF" instead of "could HAVE" (Where do people get this one from? LOL)
but since we're discussing all these things here, I deleted my other question.
2006-09-14 14:56:35 · update #1
Eye halve a spelling chequer
It came with my pea sea
It plainly marques four my revue
Miss steaks eye kin knot sea.
Eye strike a key and type a word
And weight four it two say
Weather eye am wrong oar write
It shows me strait a weigh.
As soon as a mist ache is maid
It nose bee fore two long
And eye can put the error rite
Its rarely ever wrong.
Eye have run this poem threw it
I am shore your pleased two no
Its letter perfect in it's weigh
My chequer tolled me sew
2006-09-14 14:56:43 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I've never seen tomorrow spelled like that, but I do see "definitely" spelled incorrectly very often. Millennium is spelled wrong a lot of times and I must admit I spell it wrong most of the time. Weird is another one. Most of my pet peeves, however have to do with subject-verb agreement. That particular type of mistake is abrasive to the ear.
2006-09-14 15:22:58 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm a 'creative' speller myself. So, I only complain about the ones where the questions or answers are so bad that I can't read them.
However, I expect people to use the check spelling first.
2006-09-14 14:57:48 · answer #3 · answered by SPLATT 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I can't stand when people misuse words like two/to/too, their/there/they're. It is something taught in schools as commonly misused. I am 26 and I can't tell you how many people my age still don't know the difference. I figure if it is something that is so common wouldn't you make a point to learn to use them correctly? DUH!!!
2006-09-14 14:51:48 · answer #4 · answered by poof10958 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, try to be forgiving!
There are some difference in the UK English way of spelling and he US English spelling, but tomorrow isn't one
2006-09-14 14:48:45 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The: to, too, and two. THAT ticks me off, and it's not even a misspelling.
--
Lucky Ducky
Any careless spelling mistake.
i.e. ANY
2006-09-14 14:47:15 · answer #6 · answered by Lucky Ducky 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I can't stand it when people mix up "affect" and "effect". The former is the verb, the latter is the noun. Is it really that hard to remember?
2006-09-14 14:51:53 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I allwayz hait it wen peepl misspell stuf. It reely maiks mee aingrie.
2006-09-14 15:11:25 · answer #8 · answered by samson316 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
DefinAtely is non-existent. DefinItely is correct.
2006-09-14 14:58:51 · answer #9 · answered by crusaderofrock 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i think definately is acceptable in th uk and elsewhere.
for me it's mostly typos and they're mostly mine.
ot, fro, adn, etc...
plus the beauts when you position your hands on the keyboard the wrong way.
yjr rmf. (the end)
2006-09-14 14:48:05 · answer #10 · answered by pyg 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋