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  Aaron.Bishop Posts: 978

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  29/03/12 - 17:34 #2

  Who cares?

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  lemoncurd Posts: 57,778

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  29/03/12 - 17:35 #3

  Aaron.Bishop wrote: »

  Who cares?

  
  Lynn Truss cares.

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  [Deleted User] Posts: 2,785

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  29/03/12 - 17:36 #4

  I tried to resist moaning but ....... 'alot' instead of 'a lot' is damned annoying!
  
  Sorry.

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  Aaron.Bishop Posts: 978

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  29/03/12 - 17:36 #5

  lemoncurd wrote: »

  Lynn Truss cares.

  
  Hahahaha!

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  Mrs de Winter Posts: 2,867

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  29/03/12 - 17:37 #6

  Smerph wrote: »

  Seriously, this must be the most commonly misspelt word in the English Language.
  
  A (well-educated) friend of mine repeatedly spells it as
  "definately" in emails and it's actually starting to grate.
  
  Would you spell "finite" as "finate"?

  
  Definitely irritating, but the most misspelt word (on the internet at least) is surely lose

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  Fabala Posts: 1,058

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  29/03/12 - 17:37 #7

  Oh this stuff really winds me up. They're/their/there is really not that hard to understand. Business is another one that gets misspelt a lot, as buisness.

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  Scotty2012 Posts: 1,065

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  29/03/12 - 17:37 #8

  YES! It's not just me. It absolutely gets on my nerves.
  I seen it spelt 'deffinatly' I felt like putting my foot through the monitor in rage.

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  Baboo Yagu Posts: 5,803

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  29/03/12 - 17:38 #9

  itwasn'tme wrote: »

  I tried to resist moaning but ....... 'alot' instead of 'a lot' is damned annoying!
  
  Sorry.

  
  Have a read of this.
  
  http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.co.uk/2010/04/alot-is-better-than-you-at-everything.html

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  Croctacus Posts: 18,298

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  29/03/12 - 17:38 #10

  Scotty2012 wrote: »

  YES! It's not just me. It absolutely gets on my nerves.
  I seen it spelt 'deffinatly' I felt like putting my foot through the monitor in rage.

  
  I saw or I have seen...

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  Baboo Yagu Posts: 5,803

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  29/03/12 - 17:39 #11

  Smerph wrote: »

  Seriously, this must be the most commonly misspelt word in the English Language.
  
  A (well-educated) friend of mine repeatedly spells it as
  "definately" in emails and it's actually starting to grate.
  
  Would you spell "finite" as "finate"?

  
  Is it 'misspelt' or 'misspelled'?

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  johnnybgoode83 Posts: 8,908

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  29/03/12 - 17:41 #12

  I hate it when people mix up 'whether' and 'weather'.

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  AnnaliseZ Posts: 3,912

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  29/03/12 - 17:42 #13

  I used to struggle with this word for some reason.

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  Granny McSmith Posts: 19,622

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  29/03/12 - 17:45 #14

  The most misspelled word on this forum must be "have".
  
  So many people spell it "of".
  
  As in could of/should of etc.
  
  Makes me scream every time. How is it possible not to know the correct usage?

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  [Deleted User] Posts: 2,926

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  29/03/12 - 17:49 #15

  Apparently it's second in the list:
  
  http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/7930745/Separate-is-most-commonly-misspelt-word.html
  
  Top 20 misspelt words:
  
  1. Separate
  
  2. Definitely
  
  3. Manoeuvre
  
  4. Embarrass
  
  5. Occurrence
  
  6. Consensus
  
  7. Unnecessary
  
  8. Acceptable
  
  9. Broccoli
  
  10. Referred
  
  11. Bureaucracy
  
  12. Supersede
  
  13. Questionnaire
  
  14. Connoisseur
  
  15. A lot
  
  16. Entrepreneur
  
  17. Particularly
  
  18. Liquify
  
  19. Conscience
  
  20. Parallel

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  [Deleted User] Posts: 11,313

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  29/03/12 - 18:01 #16

  No mention of 'rediculous'? It doesn't even make sense spelled that way. It drives me into a hulk-like rage every time I see it. :mad:
  
  ETA: Now I feel dirty for even posting that spelling. Arrrrgh!

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  chrono88 Posts: 3,045

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  29/03/12 - 18:06 #17

  ITA. Definitely might be the most common word being misspelt on the Internet.

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  sweh Posts: 13,665

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  29/03/12 - 18:11 #18

  I remember having problems with the spelling of definitely when I was younger.
  It is just one of those words where you spell it how you think you say it, I suppose.
  
  I hate when people cannot spell embarrassment, though.
  The typical their/there and you're/your problems are always ever present and now I just ignore it.
  
  http://theoatmeal.com/comics/misspelling
  That's my favourite poster of all time. You may call me a nerd, but it is extremely useful!

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  [Deleted User] Posts: 36,630

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  29/03/12 - 18:20 #19

  The only one that tends to really annoy me is "should of..."

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  yappy Posts: 6,310

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  29/03/12 - 18:29 #20

  Smerph wrote: »

  Seriously, this must be the most commonly misspelt word in the English Language.
  
  A (well-educated) friend of mine repeatedly spells it as
  "definately" in emails and it's actually starting to grate.
  
  Would you spell "finite" as "finate"?

  
  hell no
  
  i would lose way too much sleep at night

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  ForestChav Posts: 35,127

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  29/03/12 - 18:39 #21

  it has init in it, innit.

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  stoatie Posts: 78,106

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  29/03/12 - 18:55 #22

  Smerph wrote: »

  Apparently it's second in the list:
  
  http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/7930745/Separate-is-most-commonly-misspelt-word.html
  
  Top 20 misspelt words:
  
  1. Separate
  
  2. Definitely
  
  3. Manoeuvre
  
  4. Embarrass
  
  5. Occurrence
  
  6. Consensus
  
  7. Unnecessary
  
  8. Acceptable
  
  9. Broccoli
  
  10. Referred
  
  11. Bureaucracy
  
  12. Supersede
  
  13. Questionnaire
  
  14. Connoisseur
  
  15. A lot
  
  16. Entrepreneur
  
  17. Particularly
  
  18. Liquify
  
  19. Conscience
  
  20. Parallel

  
  If they were just studying DS, I bet "paedophile" would make the list as well.
  
  
  
  Incidentally, while we're here, POPULOUS is an adjective which roughly means "having a large population". POPULACE is the noun which refers to the mass of people themselves. That REALLY gets on my tits.

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  Yosemite Posts: 6,192

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  29/03/12 - 19:03 #23

  lemoncurd wrote: »

  Lynn Truss cares.

  
  She no doubt cares about the correct spelling of proper names too - not least her own.

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  Muggsy Posts: 19,251

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  29/03/12 - 19:09 #24

  Smerph wrote: »

  Apparently it's second in the list:
  
  http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/7930745/Separate-is-most-commonly-misspelt-word.html
  
  Top 20 misspelt words:
  
  1. Separate
  
  2. Definitely
  
  3. Manoeuvre
  
  4. Embarrass
  
  5. Occurrence
  
  6. Consensus
  
  7. Unnecessary
  
  8. Acceptable
  
  9. Broccoli
  
  10. Referred
  
  11. Bureaucracy
  
  12. Supersede
  
  13. Questionnaire
  
  14. Connoisseur
  
  15. A lot
  
  16. Entrepreneur
  
  17. Particularly
  
  18. Liquify
  
  19. Conscience
  
  20. Parallel

  
  I'm surprised 'rediculous' isn't on that list, 'cause I see it all the bloody time on DS.:mad:

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  trphil Posts: 2,931

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  29/03/12 - 19:18 #25

  So number 1 is separate, presumably spelt "seperate"? If so, then that actually appears in the OED as an alternative acceptable spelling! I was staggered when I discovered this... :eek:

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  LadyCake Posts: 3,126

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  29/03/12 - 19:23 #26

  I think "a lot" and "weird" are misspelt the most.
  The internet isn't the best place if pedantic about spelling and grammar. I'm crap at both so don't notice most mistakes:o

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