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10 Words You Need to Stop Misspelling

EMOH · 2010-01-11 02:07:11

Stupid IMG tags :mad: Credits to: The Oatmeal Visit their website at http://theoatmeal.com

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Stupid IMG tags :mad:

Credits to: The Oatmeal

Visit their website at http://theoatmeal.com

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#2 11-01-2010 2:20am

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Me fail English? That's unpossible?

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#3 11-01-2010 2:22am

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Facist.

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#4 11-01-2010 2:23am

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OP fail.

Make them JPEG.

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#5 11-01-2010 2:24am

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I don't get spellings wrong. Ever.

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#6 11-01-2010 2:25am

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I stumbled across that page last week. Very informative. :P

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#7 11-01-2010 2:25am

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Things OP needs to get: A life

Cake, and grief counseling, will be available at the conclusion of the test

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#8 11-01-2010 2:27am

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Hank_Jones wrote: »

Fashist.

FYP

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#9 11-01-2010 2:29am

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supercalafragalistitsyaldocious

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#10 11-01-2010 2:30am

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They're brilliant but I still have problems with 'effect' and 'affect'

They say you should use 'affect' like a verb but would you not say

'It had a huge affect on her'?

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#11 11-01-2010 2:36am

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Wyh is it taht splleng is so improtnat wehn yuo can sitll undrestnad eevrythng taht I'm tpynig in tihs rhtaer prooly splet psot?
Learning new words is far more difficult.

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#12 11-01-2010 2:38am

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dolliemix wrote: »

They're brilliant but I still have problems with 'effect' and 'affect'

They say you should use 'affect' like a verb but would you not say

'It had a huge affect on her'?

No, I wouldn't. I can't recall the last time I have actually used "affect" to be honest.

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#13 11-01-2010 2:39am

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Ranting and Raving is over here
>

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#14 11-01-2010 2:49am

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I spel not gud wrote: »

I dont get spellings rong. Eva.

U iz a hippo-crit

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#15 11-01-2010 2:49am

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Saibh wrote: »

Ranting and Raving is over here
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It's actually downstairs.

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#16 11-01-2010 2:51am

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That_Guy wrote: »

It's actually downstairs.

You can show them the way if they get lost

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#17 11-01-2010 3:24am

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Saibh wrote: »

You can show them the way if they get lost

I haz no direkt-chun.

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#18 11-01-2010 3:28am

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Embarasment.

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#19 11-01-2010 4:04am

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is this not more about grammar than spelling?

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#20 11-01-2010 4:07am

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phantom_lord wrote: »

is this not more about grammar than spelling?

I don't know where these go.

,,,,,,,,,,,,!!!!!!;;;;;;;

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#21 11-01-2010 4:09am

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phantom_lord wrote: »

is this not more about grammar than spelling?

What makes you say that?

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#22 11-01-2010 5:34am

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m@cc@ wrote: »

What makes you say that?

mistakes with lose/their/your/its/effect/weather/alot/then is down to grammatical errors, no? it's not as if many people lack the ability to spell their, there or they're, they just don't know when to use the correct word.

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#23 11-01-2010 1:55pm

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phantom_lord wrote: »

mistakes with lose/their/your/its/effect/weather/alot/then is down to grammatical errors, no? it's not as if many people lack the ability to spell their, there or they're, they just don't know when to use the correct word.

true.

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#24 11-01-2010 2:01pm

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dolliemix wrote: »

They're brilliant but I still have problems with 'effect' and 'affect'

They say you should use 'affect' like a verb but would you not say

'It had a huge affect on her'?

I wouldn't.

"It had a huge effect on her."

"Apply the cream to the affected area."

That's as far as I'm aware anyway.

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#25 11-01-2010 2:09pm

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"You're" and "your" is the only one that gets to me when I see other people mixing them up. It's as though the people who misuse it don't even understand what (this -> ' <-this) signifies?

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#26 11-01-2010 2:09pm

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I never really got why it's possible to use 'affects' in a sentence like "to gather his affects", as in 'gather his things'

Any english graduates out there?

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#27 11-01-2010 2:13pm

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Captain_Generic wrote: »

I never really got why it's possible to use 'affects' in a sentence like "to gather his affects", as in 'gather his things'

Any english graduates out there?

Check the creative writing forum. They might be able to help you on your quest.

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#28 11-01-2010 2:17pm

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dolliemix wrote: »

They're brilliant but I still have problems with 'effect' and 'affect'

They say you should use 'affect' like a verb but would you not say

'It had a huge affect on her'?

If something changes something, that means that it affects it. The end result of that change is the effect. So whatever 'affected her' had a huge 'effect' on her!

The only one I can't pigeonhole is 'to effect change in something'. That is neither here nor there.

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#29 11-01-2010 2:17pm

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If anyone writes for a living, actually, if anyone writes at all, then they need to purchase this little fit in your pocket book. It's brilliant.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/22/Elements_of_Style_cover.jpg

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#30 11-01-2010 2:19pm

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That_Guy wrote: »

Check the creative writing forum. They might be able to help you on your quest.

I might just get some gay midget with hairy feet to do it for me

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#31 11-01-2010 3:47pm

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Colombia spelt as Columbia. One more person does it and i'm cutting off the supply of coke.

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#32 11-01-2010 3:59pm

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Organism spelt wrong in some situations could be fatal

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#33 11-01-2010 4:00pm

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dolliemix wrote: »

They're brilliant but I still have problems with 'effect' and 'affect'

They say you should use 'affect' like a verb but would you not say

'It had a huge affect on her'?

This link has a great explanation for the difference between affect/effect. Using aardvarks - it works!

http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/affect-versus-effect.aspx

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#34 11-01-2010 4:09pm

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oppinion

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