What spelling / grammar mistakes do you always make?

ElizaT33 · 26-03-2014 11:49PM

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 · 27-03-2014 12:03AM

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 · 27-03-2014 12:06AM

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 · 27-03-2014 12:11AM

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 · 27-03-2014 01:07AM

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

BOHtox · 27-03-2014 01:36AM

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

Cupcake_Crisis · 27-03-2014 02:06AM

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 · 27-03-2014 02:38AM

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 · 27-03-2014 03:11AM

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

Mandzhalas · 27-03-2014 09:52AM

Wich instead of which

Mandzhalas · 27-03-2014 09:55AM

Wich instead of which

Irish Stones · 27-03-2014 10:04AM

hfallada wrote: »

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

"Through" instead of "though"

Just kidding

Micky Dolenz · 27-03-2014 10:14AM

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

27-03-2014 10:27AM

Micky Dolenz wrote: »

What's a but for?
Pooing, silly.

Can't believe I just I unspoilered that

danniemcq · 27-03-2014 10:39AM

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 · 27-03-2014 11:50AM

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."