10 words you need to stop misspelling

[NaperVic]

Funny & useful. Good grammar tips!

 

http://theoatmeal.com/comics/misspelling

[Nephylim]

Poor dolphins and cows

 

Learn good grammar and save a dolphin

[K.C.]

That is good. Make spelling fun and easy to remember!

 

 

[Andrew Q Gordon]

Oh crap, I've broken ALOT of those rules, THEIR gonna have an EFFECT on my RIGHTING if ITS not changed soon. THAN I be more betterer.

 

Thanks Vic, I've seen things by Oatmeal before and always get a laugh from them. This was funny too, but I agree with Nephy - Buy Dolphin Free Writing!

 

Andy

[Zolia Lily]

Have you heard of Hyperbole and a Half before?

Best blog on grammar mistakes ever

 

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

[PhoenixFlames]

As a side note, I love it when someone goes all"grammar nazi' on someone in a forum but makes a million mistakes themselves. It's called a typo, it happens. I make lots of them. Thank the skies for spell check, right? haha

[Contest4jen]

Wolverines, dolphins, pandas and manatees

Wow spelling IS important to everyone

[Dannsar]

I don't know! At least I'm not killing dolphins. But I've been editing recently (big job, btw ) and it has totally buggered up my ability with apostrophes. I used to be spot on with them simply intuitively. Now I'm so unsure, even if I can rationalise it as right I'm in a state of fear

 

I liked the 'alot' example. A corrollary is 'awhile'.

 

I liked the 'definately' example. A corrolory is 'confidant'. Although, I suspect definately might become a legitimate usage for an emphasised 'definitely' in time.

 

He forgot past / passed.

 

And lose / loose, while another bugbear, is curious. We have a dialect usage in Scotland, where someone might say loss. 'did you loss the kids when you were out?', 'I'm gonna loss the will to live'.

[Syniq]

I thought the thing with saying 'loss' instead of 'lose' in Scotland was just a spoken thing, and that it was still written 'lose'? I must admit, the few times I've heard it done, it sounds more to me like 'lose' with the o almost omitted entirely ('luhss').

 

I'm always having trouble with ridiculous privileges and correspondence. (I'm always spelling it -ance!)