malkovic Posted March 29, 2011 Report Share Posted March 29, 2011 (edited) "For all intensive purposes..."No. Stop before I hit you, you hooligan. People who say this instead of "intents and purposes" lose all respect from me immediately. Edited March 29, 2011 by malkovic Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Red XII Posted April 1, 2011 Report Share Posted April 1, 2011 It's "lose," not "loose."(And just about every other stupid spelling mistake...that's the first one that comes to mind today, though.) Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ad astra. Posted April 2, 2011 Report Share Posted April 2, 2011 The ones that most annoy me are:lose/loosetheir/there/they'reit's/itsyour/you'reOnly the basic ones like those annoy me though. The rest, like affect/effect, aren't so bad as it isn't as common. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarahlouise Posted April 9, 2011 Report Share Posted April 9, 2011 "For all intensive purposes..."No. Stop before I hit you, you hooligan. People who say this instead of "intents and purposes" lose all respect from me immediately.Oh my god, this annoys me as well.I corrected somebody with this once, and they refused to admit that they were wrong. It got me really frustrated.But maybe that's just me. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Babydolleyes Posted August 3, 2011 Report Share Posted August 3, 2011 I absolutely despise it when people mix up "lose" and "loose". It is such a ridiculous mistake! Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emmi Posted August 3, 2011 Report Share Posted August 3, 2011 When people spell piece peice urggggggg it annoys me. And 'wierdo' instead of weirdo. I before E except after C guys! Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChikkyD Posted August 3, 2011 Report Share Posted August 3, 2011 I absolutely despise it when people mix up "lose" and "loose". It is such a ridiculous mistake! I agree! Argh! Others: effect/affect license <-- people ALWAYS mix up the c and the s. a vs. an anymore vs. any more there/they're/their There's a lot more, but I'm just a bit too infuriated to think of any more right now Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lilianna009 Posted August 4, 2011 Report Share Posted August 4, 2011 Double letters, definitely.I never know whether there should two double letters, like 'cc' and 'ss', or only 'ss' or 'cc' or maybe double 'r'? Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mozz Posted August 4, 2011 Report Share Posted August 4, 2011 Embarrassingly, I've only recently realised I've been spelling 'recieve' incorrectly. Why can I never remember it's 'I before E except after C!' Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arrowhead Posted August 4, 2011 Report Share Posted August 4, 2011 (edited) When people say, "could of," "should of," AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!! IT'S HAVE! HAAAAAAAAAAAAAVVVEEEEEE YOU HALF-WITTED NINCOMPOOP LACKING ALL SENSE OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE! HAVE!Hem hem...*calms down* The difference between practice/practise (and advice/advise).For some reason, I can never spell "occasionally" right on the first go. Edited August 4, 2011 by Arrowhead Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ninety Posted August 12, 2011 Report Share Posted August 12, 2011 (edited) I'm probably one of the most pedantic people I know when it comes to grammar, spelling and semantics. Strunk & White is a must-read for all of those who want to be more careful with their English. I'm irked when people use unnecessary capitalisations in their writing. Why do these random nouns suddenly have to become proper nouns?! I also don't like it when people put their full stops within brackets. It just feels strange. Especially if you know computer languages - it feels like not closing a tag properly! Oh, and people misusing quotation marks. But having said that there are some stupidly easy words that I couldn't spell properly until the last year or so: Performance (always misspelt it as 'preformance') and proportion (always misspelt it as 'porportion') Sucks that I took GCSE Music and couldn't spell 'performance' properly throughout most of the course!! Haha! And the words 'necessary' and 'embarrassed' always get me when I'm not careful. Oh also... I absolutely despise it when people mix up "lose" and "loose". It is such a ridiculous mistake! I agree! Argh! Others: effect/affect license <-- people ALWAYS mix up the c and the s. a vs. an anymore vs. any more there/they're/their There's a lot more, but I'm just a bit too infuriated to think of any more right now About the word license: LICENSE is the verb, LICENCE is the noun (for British English, anyway). A bit like how PRACTISE is the verb, and PRACTICE is the noun. Edited August 12, 2011 by ninety Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaylie Posted November 17, 2011 Report Share Posted November 17, 2011 (edited) I know it's not a spelling error, but my English A1 HL teacher always says "peticularly," not "particularly." Edited November 17, 2011 by Kaylie Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
URA BOAT Posted November 17, 2011 Report Share Posted November 17, 2011 my name is commonly misspelled Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leafed Posted November 17, 2011 Report Share Posted November 17, 2011 Akward-Awkward. I never get this one right. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
URA BOAT Posted November 17, 2011 Report Share Posted November 17, 2011 but the good side is of it is that one forgets me..cuz of my name Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leafed Posted November 17, 2011 Report Share Posted November 17, 2011 Weird wierd? Weird I think is right Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
URA BOAT Posted November 17, 2011 Report Share Posted November 17, 2011 maybe because of how i act...any way back to what this thread is a comonly mispeled words are: commonly misspelled Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leafed Posted November 17, 2011 Report Share Posted November 17, 2011 I always misspell your and you're Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
URA BOAT Posted November 17, 2011 Report Share Posted November 17, 2011 aren't as arent Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leafed Posted November 17, 2011 Report Share Posted November 17, 2011 I'm thinking of investing in a dictionary. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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