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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."
Isn’t this the reason for the spell check when posting? As well as the [Spell] button just below the Tagline window? That little squiggly red line that appears below some words has a purpose...
>>Principal vs. Principle
On the Mary Tyler Moore show, Mary once answered a co-workers question about the spelling by mentioning the mnemonic device: “The Principal is your pal, p-a-l...”
I see ridiculous misspelled a lot. It’s usually ridiculous. My English teach said ‘You get red in your face for misspelling ridiculous with red in it!”
Guilty as charged. I was once a secretary and in those days, I had impeccable spelling and grammar. Had to or I’d be fired. Now I’m sloppy. Even worse, I don’t proofread as I should, and that makes for some really gawd-awful, unintelligible posts.
i nevere new sutch anne od speling rool wuz inn Existence!
oops! I’m a fine one to talk. Correction: co-worker’s (forgot apostrophe, fast typing fingers)
Highl Hitlear
“Speach” vs. speech
“Whimp” vs. wimp
“Noone” vs. no one
A "boarder" would also be the person who smacks you upsida yo head with a "board" for being such a spelling nazi.......
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Pundit not pundant.
I frequent a college sports forum & am amazed how many college students don,t know how to use (there - their- they,re) & ( your & you,re)! I see it here, but much less often.
‘nookieleer’!
thanks, dad
I agree, we need to tow the line on this one!
(That’s what you do with a line, right? You tow it.)
j/k
Excellent points. I have to go take a shower and clean my beeber. Let us know if all turns out OK. /smile
Guilty - I used plane instead of plain last month - and I should know better: embarrassing.
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