Worst Spelling Errors The Grammar Vandal
6/10/09 9:12 AM
Calender. Mucous when clearly the writer means mucus. The Shrink // August 28, 2007 at 5:49 am | Reply "Mucous" is the conventional spelling in British English and even American dictionaries do use it too. A bit like "colour" and "armour" and the like, in the UK we like our extra "u" in there! Pokerwolf // August 28, 2007 at 8:08 am | Reply Reccomend Recieve Rouge (instead of Rogue) Thru (instead of Threw) Congradulations Allot (versus A lot) Throws (for Throes) Your (instead of You're) BrianCUA // August 28, 2007 at 11:17 am | Reply The Shrink: The Senate in Hawai'i (where I used to work) used advice instead of advise all the time. It was even in their Constitution, so when they confirmed Kate as Chief Grammar Vandal they would "advice and consent to the nomination of Kate." I liked a lot of the quirky little South Pacific things they did over there, but that drove me nuts! Abs // August 28, 2007 at 11:54 am | Reply Apart from the usual mixed-up homonyms, and a million others I don't even want to go into right now, I absolutely loathe "tounge". Bria // August 28, 2007 at 12:39 pm | Reply anyways your (when you're should be used)
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Worst Spelling Errors The Grammar Vandal
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Anonymous // August 28, 2007 at 12:54 pm | Reply I work with med students and they still have problems with prostate/prostrate! Karen // August 28, 2007 at 1:01 pm | Reply Affect/effect are NOT the same!!! Aaaaarrrrrggggghhhhhh! (Yes, this bothers me slightly.) Daniel // August 28, 2007 at 4:44 pm | Reply Every Day is OFTEN wrongly used by itself as a noun as "Everyday" Compliment vs. complement Accommodation is often written with only one "m" May be vs. maybe Daniel // August 28, 2007 at 5:11 pm | Reply Some others at the top of my list: Alright vs. all right Literally (when the person actually should use the word "figuratively"…..or should eliminate the word "literally" because the meaning of the sentence would not change) (I cannot believe how MANY educated people have the talking or writing quirk of using this word.) Carol // August 28, 2007 at 6:48 pm | Reply Adversive instead of aversive. Cemetary instead of cemetery. Daniel // August 28, 2007 at 8:35 pm | Reply Two final ones that are priceless……wonderful to hear people mangle while talking: - orientated (rather than the correct way: orientation) - adaption (rather than the correct way: adaptation) The Shrink // August 29, 2007 at 7:44 am | Reply

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