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."
> Gauge (NOT “gage”)
Sorry but both forms, “gauge” and “gage”, are correct.
Just like “grey” and “gray” are both correct.
I see some people using “to” instead of “two” and others who will use “no” or “now” instead of “know”.
Some of the problems could be typos, but some are repeated so often that they are obviously not.
The I before E rule...something to think about next time you find yourself on an ancient glacier.
al your spelligs ar rong!
I agree about “its/it’s”.......I did that once by accident and wanted to smack myself, LOL.
Thanks for the response about my problem. I’m beginning to think it’s just me, because I haven’t seen any other complaints.
LOL
definitely, not definately...
as in..
I definitely want to die hittin’ it, just like ol’ Lazamataz.
It’s “pedantic” not, well whatever...
LOL!
Achtung! I vill play!
“complement”(adds to) v. “compliment”(saying something nice)
“tough row to hoe”, not “tough road to hoe”(can’t hoe a road)
RINO, NOT Rhino Republican In Name Only
Mormon, NOT MorMAN Mormon issues are discussed often.
These have been perhaps addressed already. I didn’t go through every post
Doh!
Or should that be Dough!?
Or Doe!?
The one that makes me crazy, and I see it on FR:
The poles vs. the polls.
I keep envisioning some berzerk Eastern Europeans running about lifting people up and down. “He’s up in the poles!”
Also, peak vs. peek.
Tenet (as in “principle”) (NOT “tenant”)
thank you,
Here is one:
Cannot is one word unless followed by the word only
I cannot swim, means you can’t swim.
I can not only swim, but I can dance. You can swim and dance.
Anyone is one word unless followed by the phrase of us.
Anyone could tell any one of us how to write correctly.
Ok I am in:
web site. Not web sight
gun sight. not gun site.
A site is a location. A sight is something you look at (or through). You do not aim a firearm with the ‘sites’.
“President” vs. “Race-baiting Tyrant”
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