Words that you always misplell.. ;) and grammAr.

JaysusMacfeck

Commonly mispelt words = Commonly misspelled words. DOH!
Words I've had problems with in the past hour:

foreing = foreign
lywers = lawyers
particulour = particular
troat = throat
neccesary = necessary
beautiful - I have to pause for a while to get the order of E, A and U correct.
rythm = rhythm
sentance = sentence

I'm almost 25 now and I'm still having problems with spelling, and in particular, grammar. I'm not sure if I should have used a comma back there between 'spelling' and 'and'. I usually just geuss. <- doh! 'guess'.

I think this stems from me not paying attention in primary school. I also think that I'm somewhat dislexic <- doh again! 'dyslexic'

I have to use Google "Did you mean" all the time - It corrects my words before I post.

Grammar:

It's a very good idea, however, we're not entirely happy with the budget.

I'm happy with the beginning of this sentence, but I'm not sure where to use the comma.

You failed to answer the question, therefore, we cannot accept your application.

Due to an error beyond our control, we cannot help you.

I loved you're movie, but, and as I mentioned before, it will never reach the box office.

The first two were normal, but the last three were awful, confirming my theory.

I don't have many Irish-speaking friends, so it can be difficult at times.
I don't make any Irish-speaking friends just so it can be difficult for me.


Can anyone correct my grammar examples above?
Anyone else having problems with their English??

Scraggs

'Definately'
always using this instead of the proper way.

Spastafarian

JaysusMacfeck wrote:

Can anyone correct my grammar examples above?
Anyone else having problems with their English??

Nope. I can spell anything.
Go on, test me.

petes

Are you still boozing?

6th

I always type "the" as "teh" and i used to have a real problem spelly restaurant.

I for grammer i hate when people write "i seen" on here, i'm not perfect but i fuppin' hate it!

"I have seen" or "i saw" depending on what you want to say!

JaysusMacfeck

petes wrote:

Are you still boozing?

On me sixth. Shouldn't have any affect(effect) on my English. :cool:

Tar.Aldarion

Yes, I can correct them, OP. :P

If you have any specific questions you should ask in the English forum or the pedantic forum. It's called Spell Czechs and you have to PM hullaballoo or me for access.

I find I always right 'sould' instead of 'soul' when I'm typing...
I would watch out for "you're" and "your" if you want a common example of people making mistakes.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

JaysusMacfeck wrote:

On me sixth. Shouldn't have any affect(effect) on my English. :cool:

Bad pacing.... last one and it's not even clsoe to dark yet.

Anyway, in answer to the OP question,

Independent/independant ... always feck that one up.

johnp

Tar.Aldarion wrote:

Yes, I can correct them, OP. :P

If you have any specific questions you should ask in the English forum or the pedantic forum. It's called Spell Czechs and you have to PM hullaballoo or me for access.

I find I always right 'sould' instead of 'soul' when I'm typing...
I would watch out for "you're" and "your" if you want a common example of people making mistakes.

I always type right instead of write.

Ruu_Old

Scraggs wrote:

'Definately'
always using this instead of the proper way.

That is one I have difficulty with also.

quickbeam

Untied Kingdom and Untied States!! :rolleyes:

(that's more of a typo than a spelling error, I do know how to spell them correctly)

Oh and "Definiatly" ?

Max_Damage

Me:

Definetly = Definitely
Exellent = Excellent
Espically = Especially

Their is others as well that I can't think of now.

Tar.Aldarion

johnp passes the test for potential Spell Czechs.

LadyJ

Moran = Moron

Amsterdamn = Amsterdam

Seperate = Separate

Independant = Independent

JaysusMacfeck

Ikky Poo2 wrote:

Bad pacing.... last one and it's not even clsoe to dark yet

I bought EIGHT of Czechs best, not six :eek: Still boozing.

Tar.Aldarion wrote:

It's called Spell Czechs and you have to PM hullaballoo or me for access.

Might just do that. Didn't know there was a specific forem 4it.

Lust4Life

I am constantly googling for spell check and when I hit "send" and then notice a spelling error I cringe!

I once PM'd a thank you to Ruu and as I hit send I saw I misspelled his name as Euu!!!!!:eek: Too late when you hit "send"!


It makes me insane when people use the word "to" when they were meant to use the word "too".

It's so easy to remember! If you mean "extreme" or "as well as" you ought to say "too"! (can I come along too? You are too much of a man for me!)

What is so difficult about that?

Merrick

I'm usually careful about my spelling but I usually get 'favourite' wrong.
What really annoys me is when people get their/there/they're and your/you're mixed up.

oRlyYaRly

Lust4Life wrote:

It makes me insane when people use the word "to" when they were meant to use the word "too".

To right! It would take another 3 seconds too stop and think about what you're writing. :mad:

Bard

I never EVER spell anyhting incorrectly.

iFight

Normally type 'taht' for 'that'. Bit of trouble with separate too, I actually had to correct the spelling there

plasto

I'm being very careful in writing this.

I would like to thank people for pointing out that you can check your spelling by searching on Google!
This will save me alot of embarrassing situations, when I cringe before sending a message, hoping I dont sound like an idiot!!

I did 1 spell check in this message.

Wishbone Ash

I always have trouble spelling "manoeuvre" and "Massachusetts".

Some posters here constantly insert an apostrophe in plural words. Why?

current examples - taxi's, Fiat's, Monday's. :eek:

Fuzzy_Dunlop

One word that i absolutely cannot type is from, i'd say about 90% of the time if i'm typing quickly i type form. There are loads of words i forget how to spell, recently one i can think of is 'embarassing', and a lot of the ones already mentioned like definitely etc.

zilog_jones

Yeah plural apostrophes do my head in, especially on signs, and even worse on permanent signs, e.g. there's a van around Limerick that says "Motorcycle Workshop's", and the sign outside Dunnes at the Parkway says "Open Sunday's...". Gah!

My spelling's usually good enough, except for words I don't use too much like Wishbone Ash's two above. I've only learnt recently how to spell "maintenance" right (usually just guessed the vowels in the middle or wrote "maintainance").

emeraldstar

What bugs me the most is the misuse of there/their/they're and your/you're, especially the latter. Also 'i seen' instead of 'i saw' or 'i have seen' and the use of 'of' in such phrases as 'would of' or 'should of' - it's 'HAVE' people!!: 'would have'!! or 'would've' for short. Bad grammar really gets my goat...it may seem sad but i am a bit of a perfectionist when it comes to grammar and spelling!!

EOA_Mushy

DAMN Emeraldstar, you are bueatiflu... (sp?)

Apart from all the errors that have been mentioned so far, the one I hate is confusing "seen" with "seeing". I've mostly come across it on boards, and I'm shocked anyone could actually make that mistake.
e.g. "I was seen this girl..." or "I was been silly..." or the classic sign outside a pub: "Lunch now been served".
I realise people may be too lazy to pronounce the "g" on the end of the word sometimes, myself included, but that does not mean that seen/been and seeing/being are the same word!!

bluto63

necessary and queue

Did I get them right?

bluto63

bluto63 wrote:

necessary and queue

Did I get them right?

You did, yes.

bluto63

huzzah!

Zillah

JaysusMacfeck wrote:

Can anyone correct my grammar examples above?

With glee.

It's a very good idea, however, we're not entirely happy with the budget.

Ideally I'd phrase it "Its a very good idea but we're not entirely happy with the budget."

Leave out all those usless commas altogether.

You failed to answer the question, therefore, we cannot accept your application.

You failed to answer the question, therefore we cannot accept your application.

Due to an error beyond our control, we cannot help you.

Due to an error beyond our control we cannot help you.

I loved you're movie, but, and as I mentioned before, it will never reach the box office.

I loved your movie but, as I mentioned before, it will never reach the box office.

The first two were normal, but the last three were awful, confirming my theory.

The first two were normal but the last three were awful. This confirms my theory.

I don't have many Irish-speaking friends, so it can be difficult at times.

I don't have many Irish-speaking friends so it can be difficult at times.

_feedback_

I can't believe this is coming up on boards... This is the worst place for bad english............ well, not even bad english. Non-English language but seemingly acceptable. Eg. LOL !!!!!! get me?

Wishbone Ash

emeraldstar wrote:

What bugs me the most is the misuse of there/their/they're and your/you're, especially the latter

An amusement/gaming arcade in Westmoreland Street owned by Jim Kennedy, has (or used to have) a large sign inside the door which says:

"It's not the hand your dealt but the way you play it"

:eek::eek::eek::eek: How embarassing!

WhiteWashMan

for some reason i always spell decision - desisnio

there are actaul laod of words that i constantly spell wrong.

i actually cant spell 'how are you' either. it always comes out as how ar eyou.
will put up the others as they happen

JaysusMacfeck

Zillah wrote:

With glee..

Thanks for the corrections. Helps!

WunderFull

accommodatiuon

Fuzzy_Dunlop

JaysusMacfeck wrote:

Thanks for the corrections. Helps!

Although he did spell useless wrong himself;)

EOA_Mushy

Pick one

pred racer

[QUOTE=6th
"I have seen" or "i saw" depending on what you want to say![/QUOTE]

This would be my big one, never could remember which was which:o

Umiq88

My spellings sh1te but my typing's worse you try figure out which one is which

Mossy Monk

liter >> litre

which one is it? i still don't know

Zillah

playa3 wrote:

Although he did spell useless wrong himself;)

Uh...typo.

No, really...

Darragh29

One word I can never spell is restrauant, resterauant, restaraunt, restaurant!?! Is one of them right!?!?! :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

emeraldstar

the last one

ircoha

Darragh29 wrote:

One word I can never spell is restrauant, resterauant, restaraunt, restaurant!?! Is one of them right!?!?! :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

Go eat your words or better still have some alphabet soup:)