Spelling Mistakes.

The Backwards Man · 29-10-2015 12:33PM

I was well in my thirties before I realised complement wasn't a misspelling of compliment. I thought it was one of those one word two meaning yokes. Oh how I used to laugh at such highbrow publications making such a rudimentary mistake.

Ahahahahahahaha!

Vinculus · 29-10-2015 12:46PM

Please people can we try to get this one right;
It's Leviosa, not Leviosar!

mcmoustache · 29-10-2015 01:06PM

"Should of", "would of", "could of", "might of".

They make no sense. Verbs are supposed to follow should/would/could etc. Not prepositions. The whole point of those words is to modify the verb with a condition of some sort.

TommyKnocker · 29-10-2015 01:08PM

Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe.

Fuzzy Logic · 29-10-2015 01:17PM

Lightning/lightening.

Another one to add to the list of spelling mistakes that annoy me.

bnt · 29-10-2015 02:13PM

Birneybau wrote: »

Quite/Quiet does my fcuking (sic) head in.

Likewise. It's like lose/loose: it's not a neutral mistake with no consequences, since they have two entirely different meanings. Mixing them up changes or destroys the meaning what you are trying to say.

PS: why are folks on this thread calling others "Grammar Nazis"? "Spelling Stalinists" might be better.

CFlat · 29-10-2015 05:28PM

spurious wrote: »

Collage.

Collage is a perfectly fine word, just not to describe a place where you get edumacation...

valoren · 29-10-2015 06:02PM

Saw it on FB yesterday.

"I got the cash call from the radio but didn't no the no"

Know = no

Pootis · 29-10-2015 11:43PM

Their / There / They're

I really hate the word Mahogany. I don't know why...

Caoimhgh1n · 29-10-2015 11:50PM

The Grammar Police have no shame.

earlyevening · 30-10-2015 12:03AM

Neverforgotten wrote: »

I cannot pin point a particular word. Just typos in general drive me beserk

Berserk

dxhound2005 · 30-10-2015 12:11AM

Caoimhgh1n wrote: »

The Grammer Police have no shame.

I saw "bain" on this thread yesterday, but I didn't bother correcting it. I wasn't sure if the poster was using it in a jocular fashion. But I just saw it again on another AH thread. It's not one I noticed before but I will add it to my list. The correct spelling is Bane.

And again, since this is a thread where accuracy is important, Would of instead of Would have, There instead of Their, Loose instead of Lose et al are not spelling mistakes. They are examples of incorrect grammar, but the title of the thread is Spelling Mistakes. Examples of spelling mistakes are Grammer, Bain and Calender. Perhaps posters will note this and confine their posts to examples of spelling mistakes.

Caoimhgh1n · 30-10-2015 12:14AM

I had just changed my previous post before you posted this, haha. Mixing up there and their is a spelling mistake, as well as a grammar mistake.

Irish Steve · 30-10-2015 12:45AM

There is an advertising hoarding on the R135 (Old N2) just north of the white house, near Finglas. Been there for years, and even been repainted at least once.

"Don't meet by accident, lift you're right foot."

Grinds my gears every time I see the feckin thing.

Then there's the adverts on the side of the road by Meath County Council on the road out of Kingscourt.

"Don't litter........... Bring your rubbish home with you". You don't BRING something from a place, you take it,

And then there's the people in the Motors threads who have problems with their breaks!!!!!!

Azalea · 30-10-2015 12:46AM

"Bring" as "take" doesn't seem that wrong in my opinion.

Irish Steve · 30-10-2015 12:49AM

Azalea wrote: »

"Bring" as "take" doesn't seem that wrong in my opinion.

From the Oxford English Dictionary

The essential difference between these two words is that bring implies movement towards someone or something:
Bring your instrument with you when you come over.
Whereas take implies movement away from someone or something or something:
Take your belongings with you when you’re leaving.

thegreatgonzo · 30-10-2015 12:50AM

mattP wrote: »

"Shirley" instead of "Charolais"
If I see an ad on donedeal for a "Shirley" it lowers my expectations of the animal for some reason
I think only the farmers will relate to this one :P

But like, when they register the animal do they not wonder why the code is CH?

dxhound2005 · 30-10-2015 12:51AM

Irish Steve wrote: »

There is an advertising hoarding on the R135 (Old N2) just north of the white house, near Finglas. Been there for years, and even been repainted at least once.

"Don't meet by accident, lift you're right foot."

Grinds my gears every time I see the feckin thing.

Then there's the adverts on the side of the road by Meath County Council on the road out of Kingscourt.

"Don't litter........... Bring your rubbish home with you". You don't BRING something from a place, you take it,

And then there's the people in the Motors threads who have problems with their breaks!!!!!!

My plea to confine this thread to Spelling Mistakes (the thread title) has gone over your head. Bring is spelled correctly there.

Wilberto · 30-10-2015 12:59AM

When people use "seen" where they should use "have seen", or "saw".

For example, "I seen this match the other day."

Even typing it out myself gives me the shivers.

Massimo Cassagrande · 30-10-2015 12:59AM

I taught this stuff was infra-dig? Though I could be wrong...

Grrrrrrr...........you taught what? Teacher boy..

dxhound2005 · 30-10-2015 01:00AM

Wilberto wrote: »

When people use "seen" where they should use "have seen", or "saw".

For example, "I seen this match the other day."

Even typing it out myself gives me the shivers.

None of those words is spelled incorrectly. This thread is about Spelling Mistakes (the thread title).

Wilberto · 30-10-2015 01:10AM

dxhound2005 wrote: »

None of those words is spelled incorrectly. This thread is about Spelling Mistakes (the thread title).

I'm just using a similar example to the one that was in the opening post (see below). They used the example of "there", "their", and "they're" being used incorrectly, yet all of those words are spelled correctly, suggesting that it's actually the thread title that is wrong as it doesn't indicate as to what the original poster intended the thread to be. In which case, you can take the issue up with them for having an incorrectly titled thread.

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?

Irish Steve · 30-10-2015 01:20AM

dxhound2005 wrote: »

My plea to confine this thread to Spelling Mistakes (the thread title) has gone over your head. Bring is spelled correctly there.

Very likely because I didn't see your post until after I'd posted, the Boards tab on my PC was in "ignore" mode for a while, there were some other tabs open that needed attention. The "bring" was on my mind because I drove past half a dozen of the things this afternoon, and yes, it's not as such a spelling mistake, but a usage mistake.

Caoimhgh1n · 30-10-2015 10:24AM

Shelfs instead of shelves.

Steve F · 30-10-2015 11:11AM

Caoimhgh1n wrote: »

Shelfs instead of shelves.

U lote ave littel 2 worri abot

Get a lif

annascott · 30-10-2015 12:03PM

Nib wrote: »

The most misspelt word in the English language!

Shouldn't that be misspelled?

annascott · 30-10-2015 12:07PM

Quite instead of quiet and been instead of being.
Both make me cringe.

razorblunt · 30-10-2015 12:18PM

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.

Badly Drunk Boy · 30-10-2015 12:59PM

thegreatgonzo wrote: »

But like, when they register the animal do they not wonder why the code is CH?

Yeah, Charolais cattle are French, not Swiss! (CH is the country code for Switzerland). :pac:

looksee · 30-10-2015 01:30PM

à la - even spelled correctly looks very contrived in an English sentence. Now it is being spelled ala which means nothing at all.

Dose - that is a measure of medicine, 'does' is the word to use in a phrase like 'it does not matter'.

I quite often chat on a facebook page where contributors are all varieties of European, and while their own language might be Swedish or French or German, their English is excellent. Even the ones that apologise for their English tend to be pretty good. If there is poor spelling and grammar it tends to be from the native English speakers, kind of embarrassing really!

Spelling Mistakes.

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