In light of the new "spelling" thread, I thought I'd start this......

People misuse a lot of words !! I thought we could post up the common mistakes here so we can all sound a little smarter in our emails/posts/texts.

I've got over 100 employees and some are very well educated and they STILL make common grammatical errors.

A lot - is two words. It's not alot or allot.

Canceled - Only one "L" if you're American. Two if you're British.

Their, There, They're - Learn the difference!

Affect vs Effect: Verb vs Noun.

It's and Its. No, they're not the same.

Others??

One of the most commonly misspelled words other then misspell, not found on the following link- Tomorrow

http://www.yourdictionary.com/library/misspelled.html

And one that gets me, not really relevant to this forum but in others I have seen and coming from my background.
Diesel

I am quilty of using alot verse a lot, alot of the time its just due to typing faster....DOH look at that I did it again. Haha

Than and Then drives me insane when used improperly. Also there, their and they're. Our and are. I am a nazi (as brought to light by my other thread). I am constantly correcting people's misuse of words on Facespace and I am sure it drives them nuts. To me, if you don't know the difference, it shows me your lack of brain power. My boss and I constantly are forwarding each other emails with spelling errors - sad thing is they are from within the company and from people higher up than us. Oh well, life goes on...

Also,

to and too

loose and lose

Lookit instead of look at is annoying. Also inproper use of pronouns drives me nuts. For example: Me and Susan went to store. Susan and I went to the store is the correct way to say that sentence. Your and you're also drives me nuts when people say it incorreectly.

Already and All ready.

A lot of people spell tomorrow incorrectly all the time. It isn't hard to spell so sound it out tom or row.

My other one and I see it ALL THE TIME on Craigslist. When people write "For Sell" in place of "For Sale". Drives me absolutely apeshit!

Ape shit is two words Kory.

I did not know that. I have always said ape shit. I will say apeshit fom now on.

Couldn't care less. Not could care less. This is one of the most commonly misused statements.

Also. In America it is spelled grAy. In England it is spelled grEy.

Litre vs. Liter?

Honestly, those dont bother me, as both are technically correct and I've always viewed England's English as "proper" so to speak. There are others that fall under the same category too, but when its a blatant error or misuse it bothers me. Gray, grey - grille, grill (which there is a difference, but really its fairly minimal) Don't bother me.

If you're bored, here's a list of the 100 most commonly misspelled words...

http://www.yourdictionary.com/library/misspelled.html

For as much as I hated english class, I sure wish others would have paid attention too!

I am not passing judgement on the whole spelling thing and misuse of words whatsoever. It is just one of those things that bugs me, like cleanliness, I am a clean freak!

Everyone has their weaknesses.

My main weakness...., Im a D-BAG!

aint is a werd. just kidding. Their- you or they own it, There- look over there, and They're -"they are" over there. To - look to your left, Two- #2, and Too- i like that too. I am horrible as far as spelling goes. It never hurts to make yourself look a bit more intelligent.

heeb101 wrote:

Lookit instead of look at is annoying. Also inproper use of pronouns drives me nuts. For example: Me and Susan went to store. Susan and I went to the store is the correct way to say that sentence. Your and you're also drives me nuts when people say it incorreectly.

Really? In this thread?

In order to comment in this thread you had better make sure you proof read you shit or you going to look like a complete moron.

Haha! I'm guilty of it too, but saw some irony when Brandon was talking about improper grammar...

Nice catch!

Saw another earlier in an email "Accept and Except"!