What spelling / grammar mistakes do you always make?

whirlpool

What spelling / grammar mistakes do you always make?

I always instinctively write "who's"" instead of "whose" because it just feels more natural and makes more sense to me. I always have to go back and correct myself on it, but sometimes I don't even notice I've done it.

Sometimes my brain really is just not functioning - yesterday I was reading something and the word "decisions" came up and I just could not pronounce it. My attempts were "deshisions".... "deshisions" again and finally "deshizuns"... I eventually landed on "decisions" but it took me a scarily long time.

dxhound2005

whirlpool wrote: »

What spelling / grammar mistakes do you always make?

I always instinctively write "who's"" instead of "whose" because it just feels more natural and makes more sense to me. I always have to go back and correct myself on it, but sometimes I don't even notice I've done it.

Sometimes my brain really is just not functioning - yesterday I was reading something and the word "decisions" came up and I just could not pronounce it for some reason. My attempts were "deshisions".... "deshisions" again and finally "deshizuns"... I eventually landed on "decisions" but it took my a scarily long time.

I sometimes write who're instead of whore.

Vic Vinegar

Non at al.

Merkin

I always have to think about separate and seperate.

Few words I often have to double check. I think one is "conscientious"...
and viennese whirls... Mostly because firefox keeps telling me viennese is wrong, but I don't think it is.
Mmmm, viennese whirls...

Mint Sauce

Anyone else scanning the OP for further mistakes?

biko

definately

Jezek

Christmass

GT_TDI_150

Thnaks


The amount of emails i've sent with that on them!

whupdedo

Merkin wrote: »

I always have to think about separate and seperate.

Never even knew their was 2 different words like that, what's the difference between the 2???

The Backwards Man

I completely dyslexic when it comes to 'its'. You've no idea of the mental anguish I went through just to type that, in my mind it shouldn't exist.

crosstownk

The most common mistake I make is typing "you" instead of "your". I've no idea why but when I proof check any typing it's nearly guaranteed to feature. The same cannot be said for "you're" as I seem to get that right.

LowOdour

i always start my letters to government with fupping backstard...should learn to correct that

Frosty McSnowballs

Banananananana
Misssissssiiippppiiii

Turtwig

Those and does. Other brain farts that I can't think of now.

Edit: be for instead of but for.

hfallada

Dublin people always use "yous" as "you", even through "you" is already plural. I have seen people regardless of social class and accent using both.

But the funniest has to be mixing up organism and orgasm. My biology would always get a few people talking about single celled orgasms

mikemac1

I say do be constantly when speaking but I would never use it in a letter or email in work

I don't know if it's a mistake though

Does it be a mistake?

whirlpool

whupdedo wrote: »

Never even knew their was 2 different words like that, what's the difference between the 2???

I had to google it there myself. "Seperate" isn't a word.

spunk_house

whirlpool wrote: »

What spelling / grammar mistakes do you always make?

I always instinctively write "who's"" instead of "whose" because it just feels more natural and makes more sense to me. I always have to go back and correct myself on it, but sometimes I don't even notice I've done it.

Sometimes my brain really is just not functioning - yesterday I was reading something and the word "decisions" came up and I just could not pronounce it. My attempts were "deshisions".... "deshisions" again and finally "deshizuns"... I eventually landed on "decisions" but it took me a scarily long time.

their and there

eclipsechaser

GT_TDI_150 wrote: »

Thnaks


The amount of emails i've sent with that on them!

You can add "amount of emails" to your list too

http://www.grammar-monster.com/easily_confused/amount_quantity_and_number.htm

Daveysil15

Weather and whether.

Affect and Effect.

roro1990

Nearly always spell ratio as ration for some reason

efb

marraige and hueston

BNMC

Happend.

Chet T16

Teh
calander
suprises

sopretty

Discovered I was blissfully spelling 'occasion' and 'occasionally' incorrectly for decades, with two 's's instead of one. I nearly tried to delete autocorrect in disgust, when it informed me.

I get fierce confused with apostrophes at times too.

Can never figure out whether 'wierd' or 'weird' is the correct version. They both look correct to me. Although, autocorrect is telling me the former is the correct version.

I'm sure I make a lot of grammatical errors too, though I'm probably not aware of them. Ignorance is bliss!

I usually notice an error once I've hit 'Send' on an email, or submit a document, or submit a reply on here. Murphy's Law!

The King of Moo

sopretty wrote: »

Can never figure out whether 'wierd' or 'weird' is the correct version. They both look correct to me. Although, autocorrect is telling me the former is the correct version.

Ignore it! The latter is right. You must have a very weird autocorrect.

I can never remember the difference between "continuously" and "continually," and though I know the difference between "presume" and "assume," my brain thinks their meanings should be swapped.

sopretty

The King of Moo wrote: »

Ignore it! The latter is right. You must have a very weird autocorrect.

I can never remember the difference between "continuously" and "continually," and though I know the difference between "presume" and "assume," my brain thinks their meanings should be swapped.

Doh - you're correct - it was underlining the first one, which I took to mean that was the correct one. Oh, where's the 'when your brain switches off' thread again! :pac:

SoulTrader

Just about starting to get the hang of Principle and Principal.

Legs.Eleven

I never make any.

SoulTrader

Legs.Eleven wrote: »

I never make any.

How many times did you spellcheck that post?

ElizaT33

None - I'm a seriously good typist/transcriptionist - anyone hiring??:D:D

(Will admit to only one word I HATE though - 'manouevre; - never get it right!!)

Mr. G

Separate

Definitely

There are others I just can't think of them. I'm picky on these things however, especially the there/their/they're one (They're over there spelling their names wrong).

Czarcasm

ElizaT33 wrote: »

None - I'm a seriously good typist/transcriptionist - anyone hiring??:D:D

(Will admit to only one word I HATE though - 'manouevre; - never get it right!!)

Fucking impossible word is what it is. Look at this -

Maneuver

Maneuver, manoeuvre, manoeuver, manœuver (also spelled, directly from the French, as manœuvre) denotes one's tactical move, or series of moves, that improves or maintains one's strategic situation in a competitive environment or avoids a worse situation.

Source: Wikipedia


Truth be told I'd be lost without the predictive text on my phone as it spells an awful lot of my words for me, but I'll still go back and double check my posts for mistakes when I get time.

Micky Dolenz

Jernal wrote: »

Those and does. Other brain farts that I can't think of now.

Edit: be for instead of but for.

What's a but for?

Pooing, silly.

dgt

I mix my d's and g's up the whole time.....

BOHtox

Which, that, who etc.
The person which did? The person who did? The person that did?

Cupcake_Crisis

When I was a kid I used to always get shoulder and soldier mixed up. So I'd have a pain in my soldier and the shoulder would go off to war.

wil

The Backwards Man wrote: »

I completely dyslexic when it comes to ' '. You've no idea of the mental anguish I went through just to type that, in my mind it shouldn't exist.

TheBrinch

I always used to write the word 'prefer' as 'prefare' until i found out recently it doesnt exist :P

Mandzhalas

Wich instead of which

Mandzhalas

Wich instead of which

Irish Stones

hfallada wrote: »

Dublin people always use "yous" as "you", even through "you" is already plural.

"Through" instead of "though"
Just kidding

Micky Dolenz

hfallada wrote: »

Dublin people always use "yous" as "you", even through "you" is already plural. I have seen people regardless of social class and accent using both.

Same as many would use ye. I think some phrases are ok in speech.

hfallada wrote: »

But the funniest has to be mixing up organism and orgasm. My biology would always get a few people talking about single celled orgasms

From 1.00

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPpNVjmtiIE

Micky Dolenz

Micky Dolenz wrote: »

What's a but for?

Pooing, silly.

Can't believe I just I unspoilered that

danniemcq

cheek always confuses me, it just doesn't look right and i end up googling it.

Oh and spelling "grammar", keep doing "grammer"

no doubt there is heaps more though!

The King of Moo

BOHtox wrote: »

Which, that, who etc.
The person which did? The person who did? The person that did?

Basically, "who" just for a person, "which" just for a thing, and "that" for both. So if in doubt, use "that."

Except if it's a non-stop defining relative clause, (extra information, between two commas, e.g. "A horse, which is an animal, eats grass.") and then you can't use "that."

Daveysil15

I often get these fookers mixed up : ; Colons me hole.

playedalive

For the life of me, I struggle to spell sincerely at the end of an important e-mail.

I always end up with a 'sincereley' or something.

Agueroooo

pheonix

phoenix

deseil

Restaurant or restaraunt can never remember,
always mix up recieve or receive
and what's the difference between gaol and jail?