Spelling Mistakes.

Pherekydes

Anyone mentioned accepting/excepting yet?

"I apologies [sic]"

"I except [sic] you're [sic] apology."

Joe prim

Caoimhgh1n wrote: »

I wouldn't have paused during speech, therefore I did not see the need to add a coma. Thanks though!

A pause is acceptable, but falling into a coma:eek:

dutopia

Caoimhgh1n wrote: »

I am just wondering, what is one of the most common spelling mistakes you encounter and how much does it bother you? I personally, can't stand when people mix up there,their and they're. Anybody else feel like this? Do you feel like correcting it each time you see it?

I can't stand when people put a comma in the wrong position and when they don't add a space after a comma.

vienne86

I get an email every so often from a property letting agent - she uses NO punctuation whatsoever. But funny enough, the spelling is usually OK. The lack of punctuation completely does my head in though.

force eleven

vienne86 wrote: »

I get an email every so often from a property letting agent - she uses NO punctuation whatsoever. But funny enough, the spelling is usually OK. The lack of punctuation completely does my head in though.

Yes thats annoying I wouldnt worry too much about it punctuation isnt that important nowaday's....

Caoimhgh1n

force eleven wrote: »

Yes thats annoying I wouldnt worry too much about it punctuation isnt that important nowaday's....

do you think so i think that its very important to use punctuation as do most people but i mean its not that bad right

ohnonotgmail

razorblunt wrote: »

I have write the odd bit of SQL on a daily basis, nothing too difficult but it's infuriating everytime I type seelct * from I die a little inside, when I'm not doing that its generally select * form.

jeez i'm glad i'm not the only one who does that. annoys the hell out of me too.

Galwayguy35

People would sometimes write familys instead of families.

Overall I'm not too bad at spelling but but I'd be weak at grammar.

Dr.Internet

Thelpis!

DEFTLEFTHAND

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

Alot.

looksee wrote: »

Except and accept. They mean exactly the opposite to each other so it makes complete nonsense of a sentence if you get them wrong.

In a similar fashion, apart/a part are also getting mixed up now... they also have opposite meanings!

razorblunt wrote: »

I have write the odd bit of SQL on a daily basis, nothing too difficult but it's infuriating everytime I type seelct * from I die a little inside, when I'm not doing that its generally select * form.

I do this as well
*mash the keyboard*

The very American "I was laying on the bed" "I'm going to lay down" is driving me insane on Reddit. Please stop...

mynameis905

Totofan99 wrote: »

Your/You're

There/Their/They're

Two/Too/To

Lose/Loose

Where/Were (How do people even get this one wrong?!)

Then/Than

Whether/Weather

'Alot' instead of 'a lot' (Jesus!)

http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.ie/2010/04/alot-is-better-than-you-at-everything.html

MadDog76

Quiet/Quite ......... always bugs me when I see it mis-used.

EDIT: Not sure if "mis-used" is even a word!!

Another thing that bothers me is when people say "pacific" instead of "specific" ......... not a spelling mistake, I know.

DoozerT6

All of the above.

Plus people who write 'defiantly' when they mean 'definitely'.

And 'weary' instead of 'wary'.

Steven81

Principle and principal,everyone knows the school principal is your friend.

Irish Steve

Yous have all mist the point, the way too go now is text speak, and using too letters where won is enough is the best way to do this.

You have to sea that on phones, punctuation is hard to do, sew using nun is faster and cheeper than getting it write like it's meant two be.

Just remember, if yous brake you breaks on the car, don't drive to close to the car in front, as you may end up meating by accident if the car in front decides to tern without signalling, bending you're car will not bee cheep to repair.

Enough....... This is only fun for so long, then it gets to be annoying to realise how many people do actually make many of the mistakes that are used above...............

Caoimhgh1n

Not a spelling mistake, but kids are baby goats. Children is the word that you're looking for.

Tarzana2

I try to spell correctly and use proper grammar. But I'm human and make mistakes and am also the Typo Queen, so for this reason, I never correct other people's mistakes in this regard. And bad spelling doesn't necessarily signify lack of intelligent, it's a blind spot for many people.

And to be frank, grammar nazis generally come across a tad dull. And I doubt they've never erred themselves.

Wilberto

Tarzana2 wrote: »

I try to spell correctly and use proper grammar. But I'm human and make mistakes and am also the Typo Queen, so for this reason, I never correct other people's mistakes in this regard. And bad spelling doesn't necessarily signify lack of intelligent, it's a blind spot for many people.

And to be frank, grammar nazis generally come across a tad dull. And I doubt they've never erred themselves.

Typos are acceptable. I'd never pull someone up on those.

However, when the same mistakes are made over and over again it demonstrates a lack of knowledge rather than a typographical error.

BettePorter

Doing an evening course at the minute in local fas centre. There is a sign at the canteen tea station asking that people not take 'cuterely' out of the canteen.

It bugs me to death that in a place of education, not one member of staff has the inclination or 5 minutes to fix it! I mean its not even laminated. It's an A4 page in a plastic sleeve! It bugs me so much I feel like doing it myself.

Caoimhgh1n

BettePorter wrote: »

Doing an evening course at the minute in local fas centre. There is a sign at the canteen tea station asking that people not take 'cuterely' out of the canteen.

It bugs me to death that in a place of education, not one member of staff has the inclination or 5 minutes to fix it! I mean its not even laminated. It's an A4 page in a plastic sleeve! It bugs me so much I feel like doing it myself.

I wouldn't blame you!

Tarzana2

Wilberto wrote: »

Typos are acceptable. I'd never pull someone up on those.

However, when the same mistakes are made over and over again it demonstrates a lack of knowledge rather than a typographical error.

I'm academic, I did well throughout school and college, I don't consider myself too much of a slouch intellectually.

If writing in a rush, I have trouble with loose and lose. If I have time to think, I get it right but in a rush, I struggle. Mild dyslexia, who knows? But who knows how many people have issues like this. I find it interesting personally. But for many people, this is yet another area in which to feel superior rather than consider why people might have trouble spelling. My sister is an excellent writer and now has perfect spelling and grammar. But she really struggled with it in primary school and only thanks to a lot of support from our parents, she cracked it. How many people didn't get that support?

It's not about being perfect.
Of course I've made mistakes. How else did I learn except someone telling me

Whitewinged

It does not bother me at all. I dont understand how another person would be bothered by my spelling or grammar as long as its understandable. Some of my posts are laughable. I spelled Halloween wrong in posts yesterday. I find the spell check irritating

I worked for many years in QA analysing and proofreading data from medical professionals. My job relied on their errors and they made them, alot. Also in spite of my own errors on social media, I was very good at my job and rarely had complaints.

Aswell as that, when on social media especially when using your phone, its harder to correct errors or scroll up and down and people could also be doing something else. They could be listening to music on their ear phones, looking out so they dont miss their stop on the bus, making dinner or whatever. Some people just dont put the same value on it as others.

dirtyden

Caoimhgh1n wrote: »

I wouldn't have paused during speech, therefore I did not see the need to add a coma. Thanks though!

I presume you mean a comma?

Or were you going to put the person who corrected your other grammar mistake in a coma?

Caoimhgh1n

dirtyden wrote: »

I presume you mean a comma?

Yes, I did.

helimachoptor

Spelling mistakes frustrate the hell out of me in the professional world.

If you want to send me a CV and you have checked grammar/spelling etc and i find mistakes.. well you're going in the bin.

Typos etc on boards i dont have an issue with..

dirtyden

Caoimhgh1n wrote: »

Yes, I did.

And do you see how easy it is for someone to make a mistake, even someone starting a thread giving out about spelling mistakes can make a spelling mistake.

Some other people mix up words unintentionally. As long as you can get the gist of what someone means, so what?

Of all the things to get worked up about this has always seemed the most pointless one to me, particularly on an internet message board. I mean this is not exactly the epitome of social discourse.

Bangs of intellectual snobbery.

Caoimhgh1n

dirtyden wrote: »

And do you see how easy it is for someone to make a mistake, even someone starting a thread giving out about spelling mistakes can make a spelling mistake.

Some other people mix up words unintentionally. As long as you can get the gist of what someone means, so what?

Of all the things to get worked up about this has always seemed the most pointless one to me, particularly on an internet message board. I mean this is not exactly the epitome of social discourse.

Bangs of intellectual snobbery.

I forgot an extra letter, people know full well what they're doing when the mix up there and their.

dirtyden

Caoimhgh1n wrote: »

I forgot an extra letter, people know full well what they're doing when the mix up there and their.

In the context of the sentence it is usually very obvious what a person means, even if they mix up there and their. I can't understand why people find it irritating.

They obviously don't know full well if they mix them up, if they did they probably would not mix them or do you think people are doing it just to get at you?

Caoimhgh1n

dirtyden wrote: »

In the context of the sentence it is usually very obvious what a person means, even if they mix up there and their. I can't understand why people find it irritating.

They obviously don't know full well if they mix them up, if they did they probably would not mix them or do you think people are doing it just to get at you?

I am contradicting myself a bit here, but when I was typing I left out the extra "m". Sometimes it is an honest mistake, but when people mix their and there up, they should know better, they are completely different words.