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What commonly misspelled words annoy you the most?

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    #32
    Aubrey loves Joe
    Closed Accounts Posts: 665 ✭✭✭Aubrey loves Joe


    Lil ta b worrin bout lads


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    #33
    dxhound2005
    Registered Users Posts: 20,907 ✭✭✭✭dxhound2005


    We're all human beans, we all make mistakes.


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    #34
    Aongus Von Bismarck
    Registered Users Posts: 1,794 ✭✭✭Aongus Von Bismarck


    Karl Stein wrote: »
    A comma between your first two sentences would be preferable to a full stop as what 'it' refers to becomes unambiguous.

    I'm afraid that would be incorrect. A semi-colon would serve, or perhaps a conjunction like 'as' or 'because'. However, breaking it into two separate sentences is completely fine.


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    #35
    Shakespeare's Sister
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,412 ✭✭✭Shakespeare's Sister


    lodes off rong speeling anoy me


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    #36
    Fingers!
    Registered Users Posts: 48 ✭Fingers!


    Why is it so hard to spell dislexic?


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    #37
    Mountainsandh
    Registered Users Posts: 6,700 ✭✭✭Mountainsandh


    Karl Stein wrote: »
    A comma between your first two sentences would be preferable to a full stop as what 'it' refers to becomes unambiguous.

    I genuinely fail to see how "it" could be ambiguous here tbh.


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    #38
    Karl Stein
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,689 ✭✭✭Karl Stein


    Aongus Von Bismarck wrote: »
    I'm afraid that would be incorrect. A semi-colon would serve, or perhaps a conjunction like 'as' or 'because'.

    A semicolon would be correct if the second sentence could stand alone unambiguously. The second sentence was rendered ambiguous due to your misuse of a full stop.
    However, breaking it into two separate sentences is completely fine.

    Not for those who demand high standards of others.


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    #39
    Aongus Von Bismarck
    Registered Users Posts: 1,794 ✭✭✭Aongus Von Bismarck


    Karl Stein wrote: »
    A semicolon would be correct if the second sentence could stand alone unambiguously. The second sentence was rendered ambiguous due to your misuse of a full stop.



    Not for those who demand high standards of others.

    When separating two complete but related sentences you use a semicolon. Using a comma in that instance is incorrect.

    I would stop pursuing the course you're on at the moment. Firstly, as you will look like a fool, and secondly, I believe it's against the rules of this forum.


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    #40
    Mountainsandh
    Registered Users Posts: 6,700 ✭✭✭Mountainsandh


    Plus for "it" to be ambiguous, there would have to be two possible referents, I honestly don't see what could be the other referent in the sentence.


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    #41
    Karl Stein
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,689 ✭✭✭Karl Stein


    Mountainsandh wrote: »
    I genuinely fail to see how "it" could be ambiguous here tbh.
    It lends gravitas and authority to my speech.

    The sentence above is meaningless, by itself, because 'it' refers to nothing.

    Each sentence should make sense independently. The sentence above only makes sense if we ignore the full stop that preceded it.


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    #42
    Aongus Von Bismarck
    Registered Users Posts: 1,794 ✭✭✭Aongus Von Bismarck


    Karl Stein wrote: »
    The sentence above is meaningless, by itself, because 'it' refers to nothing.

    Each sentence should make sense independently. The sentence above only makes sense if we ignore the full stop that preceded it.

    *facepalm*


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    #43
    Mountainsandh
    Registered Users Posts: 6,700 ✭✭✭Mountainsandh


    "It" refers to "a slow and deliberate manner", the manner in which an action is accomplished. That's not nothing.

    Pronouns can perfectly start a sentence, whether they refer to a person, an inanimate object, or even a notion.
    "I hate racism. It makes me angry."
    "I walk fast. It helps me think."

    Are these ambiguous ?


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    #44
    Karl Stein
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,689 ✭✭✭Karl Stein


    Mountainsandh wrote: »
    "It" refers to "a slow and deliberate manner", the manner in which an action is accomplished. That's not nothing.

    Only if you ignore the full stop.

    It seems the OP is getting irked by this discussion. I take no pleasure in stressing people out so I'll leave 'it' at that.


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    #45
    FloatingVoter
    Registered Users Posts: 6,133 ✭✭✭FloatingVoter


    "It" is a clown called Pennywise in Stephen King's second finest work.


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    #46
    Simonigs1.0
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    Principal - Principle.

    KNOW THE DIFFERENCE.


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    #47
    JohnMearsheimer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,302 ✭✭✭JohnMearsheimer


    Alot. A lot of people seem to think it's one word.


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    #48
    sunbeam
    Registered Users Posts: 1,813 ✭✭✭sunbeam


    Carers and careers and the people on the Carers forum who cannot tell the difference between the two in spite of notice at the top of it.


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    #49
    dxhound2005
    Registered Users Posts: 20,907 ✭✭✭✭dxhound2005


    It doesn't annoy me. Nothing about language, spelling or grammar annoys me. But for the benefit of anyone who thinks there is a phrase Ying and Yang, it is actually Yin and Yang.


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    #50
    Tigersliding
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 50 ✭✭Tigersliding


    Prostate as prostrate.


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    #51
    PhoenixParker
    Registered Users Posts: 2,677 ✭✭✭PhoenixParker


    Phase being used instead of faze.


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    #52
    Bricriu
    Registered Users Posts: 281 ✭✭Bricriu


    Mountainsandh wrote: »
    Seperate
    To/too

    Bad spelling irks me, whatever the word, especially in public news outlets (it is part of their job to use language correctly). Even the RTE news website is not immune !


    Even the above is not immune: RTÉ is the correct spelling.


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    #53
    [Deleted User]
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    Bricriu wrote: »
    Even the above is not immune: RTÉ is the correct spelling.

    There's another discrepancy. RTÉ is pronounced R T E. The Luas announces the National College of Ireland as CNÉ, but pronounced as C N A.


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    #54
    dxhound2005
    Registered Users Posts: 20,907 ✭✭✭✭dxhound2005


    Karsini wrote: »
    There's another discrepancy. RTÉ is pronounced R T E. The Luas announces the National College of Ireland as CNÉ, but pronounced as C N A.

    A as in far or A as in bay?


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    #55
    Drakares
    Registered Users Posts: 904 ✭✭✭Drakares


    Aongus Von Bismarck wrote: »
    Is it just me, or is the standard of spelling, particularly amongst younger people, absolutely atrocious?

    People spelling college as collage is the one that irks me the most. What about you?

    You should probably try to perfect your use of commas before getting annoyed over other people's spelling.


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    #56
    Oregano_State
    Registered Users Posts: 2,290 ✭✭✭Oregano_State


    Thru instead of through.

    Seems to be getting more common and it drives me nuts.


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    #57
    Drakares
    Registered Users Posts: 904 ✭✭✭Drakares


    Aongus Von Bismarck wrote: »
    When separating two complete but related sentences you use a semicolon. Using a comma in that instance is incorrect.

    I would stop pursuing the course you're on at the moment. Firstly, as you will look like a fool, and secondly, I believe it's against the rules of this forum.

    You know that when you post here, people respond to you in such a way because, judging from any posts you make, because you are a despicable person. I'm sure your future posts will result in such responses.

    Here's just a piece of utter smugness from your "blog":
    I caught up on some important work matters from the Orient once I got back and set upon enjoying my day off. I noticed that The Baroness is starting to get a little bit chubby so I insisted we both go on a 20km cycle before lunch. I have to make sure I look at her portion sizes as well. She’s still in great shape, obviously, but once you start to slip it’s game over and I’m not having that.

    I mean, do you ever just think about how pathetic your outlook on life is? Judging other people and thinking you're superior when you're clearly not. You're full of shít mate.

    And idgaf, I will take the ban.. Just saying what everyone else is thinking.


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    #58
    Buona Fortuna
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,507 ✭✭✭Buona Fortuna


    Only one ect


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    #59
    Cee-Jay-Cee
    Registered Users Posts: 12,235 ✭✭✭✭Cee-Jay-Cee


    Taught instead of thought. Grrrrrr.


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    #60
    [Deleted User]
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    dxhound2005 wrote: »
    A as in far or A as in bay?

    A as in "Bay". It's literally what É should be pronounced as, such as "sin é". In which case RTE should probably be pronounced as RTA if they insist on using the fada. They never did until 1995.


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    #61
    Oregano_State
    Registered Users Posts: 2,290 ✭✭✭Oregano_State


    Drakares wrote: »
    You know that when you post here, people respond to you in such a way because, judging from any posts you make, because you are a despicable person. I'm sure your future posts will result in such responses.

    Here's just a piece of utter smugness from your "blog":



    I mean, do you ever just think about how pathetic your outlook on life is? Judging other people and thinking you're superior when you're clearly not. You're full of shít mate.

    And idgaf, I will take the ban.. Just saying what everyone else is thinking.

    Just had a quick look at his blog there, and it's clear to me that it's a big giant troll. The dude is living a fantasy he will never come close to realising.

    Let him off. And I hope you don't get a ban for that.


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