Posted on 04/11/2012 12:22:30 PM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia
For no reason in particular, I thought it would be helpful (or irritating, depending upon your point of view) to post a list of words that are commonly misspelled or improperly used on FreeRepublic.
Feel free to add any of your own.
I realize that this will open me up to greater scrutiny of the orthographic composition of my own future posts, but alas; so be it.
Aid = help vs. Aide=assistant (as in “an aide to Congressman Frank”)
Anointed (NOT “annointed”)
Border (as in the line between U.S. and Mexico) (NOT “boarder” as in the guy who gets a bedroom in your house and dinner for a fee)
Gauge (NOT “gage”)
Huge (NOT “hugh”—yes, I know it’s a running joke, but FReepers still misspell it accidentally.)
Loose = opposite of tight. Most of the time, FReepers mean to type “lose.”
Martial Law (NOT “Marshall Law”)
Tenet (as in “principle”) (NOT “tenant”)
Existence (NOT “existence”)
Existent (NOT “existant”) Remember: “The ‘a’ in existent is nonexistent.”
Poll (as in “survey”) (NOT “pole” as in a stripper's primary accessory)
Principal vs. Principle: Principal = 1) First, or highest in rank; 2) Head guy (or gal) in a school; 3) Main portion of money in finance, e.g. principal of a loan.
Principle = Moral rule
Your vs. You’re:
Your = possessive. "Your mother doesn’t approve of your spelling skills."
You’re = Contraction of “you are” "You’re not likely to pass English."
Clymer, not a$$hole.
Damn! Your life must REALLY suck!
Should Ron Jeremy be hanged or hung?
Potatoe for potato.
I stunned by the number of folks that can’t spail correctly.
I just wanted to make sure you were all paying attention.
You get a gold star for the day, followed by the requisite whack on the knuckles.
ask (Not aks)...oops wrong forum
“Could of/would of” instead of “could have/would have.”
Okay, question, please. For days FR has been timing out like crazy for me. It took me seven tries to get my posts and four tries to get to this thread. Anyone else?
>> My inner Spelling Nazi made me do it.
Correct spelling and useage is so restraining; like being caught in a vice, it is!
But good on you for trying.
If this lesson doesn’t work, next time you can take a different tact.
:-)
Seriously, now, this is something that gets me irritated:
coulda, woulda, shoulda, instead of could of, would of, should of.
To be, or not to be? Pretty existential, dude.
This is hugh and seris ... my pet peeve is the misuse of the “i” before “e” rule. I know it’s a weird or even foreign concept to many, but I deined it necessary to seize the moment to attempt to rein in those who violate that rule.
This is hugh and seris ... my pet peeve is the misuse of the “i” before “e” rule. I know it’s a weird or even foreign concept to many, but I deined it necessary to seize the moment to attempt to rein in those who violate that rule.
“Whoppie Goldberg” is pretty fun.
I’ve started spelling it that way intentionally.
Lazamataz, not "Pathetic eggsucking jerkwad scumbag who deserves to die, slowly, of pancreatic cancer".
Well, with all due respect, you don’t know the bizarre manner in which I pronounce those words. I like to think of them as my own personal synonyms.
That is what makes it real. if we were ‘professionals’, such as trolls, there would never be a mistake.
Because we are just real people, and feel comfortable on FR, sh*t happens.
it is all in fun, and we are all family anyway.
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