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Frequently Misspelled Words on FR (Vanity)
April 11, 2012 | Me

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."


TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: braking; hugh; series; spelling
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To: old school
Damn! Your life must REALLY suck!

Damn! Your life REALLY must suck!

:-)

61 posted on 04/11/2012 12:48:50 PM PDT by Nervous Tick (Trust in God, but row away from the rocks!)
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To: Navy Patriot

good one! btw I’m an ex-navy nuke.


62 posted on 04/11/2012 12:49:19 PM PDT by brivette
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To: Revolting cat!
'nekkid' not 'naked'.

Two totally different words.

'Naked' means you have no clothes.

'Nekkid' means you have no clothes and you're up to something.

63 posted on 04/11/2012 12:49:21 PM PDT by tnlibertarian (Somebody else said it first, and I'd credit them if I remembered who it was.)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

This thread is mute and irrevalunt!


64 posted on 04/11/2012 12:49:30 PM PDT by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra ( Ya can't pick up a turd by the clean end!)
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To: brivette

Heil


65 posted on 04/11/2012 12:51:11 PM PDT by X-spurt (Its time for ON YOUR FEET or on your knees)
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To: ken in texas
I have to go take a shower and clean my beeber.

Be sure to check your beeber for any suspicious lumps.
66 posted on 04/11/2012 12:51:55 PM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: Army Air Corps
I have to go take a shower and clean my beeber.

And make sure it has the appropriate number of stunes.
67 posted on 04/11/2012 12:52:16 PM PDT by aruanan
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To: rightwingintelligentsia
Spell-Checker is Stewpid !!
68 posted on 04/11/2012 12:54:21 PM PDT by TexasCajun
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To: Magic Fingers

“Peaked” vs. piqued


69 posted on 04/11/2012 12:56:00 PM PDT by jaydubya2
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

70 posted on 04/11/2012 12:56:27 PM PDT by Revolting cat! (Let us prey!)
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To: clamper1797

Good post. If only my ‘king of the world’ complex came with a secretary . .


71 posted on 04/11/2012 12:57:54 PM PDT by aimhigh
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To: Revolting cat!; Lazmataz

Laz would hit it


72 posted on 04/11/2012 12:59:04 PM PDT by clamper1797 (Hoping to have some change left)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia
Existence (NOT “existence”)

You mean "NOT "existance"?
73 posted on 04/11/2012 12:59:18 PM PDT by aruanan
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To: Lazamataz
Lazamataz, not "Pathetic eggsucking jerkwad scumbag who deserves to die, slowly, of pancreatic cancer".

Is 'PEJSWDTDSOPC' okay?

74 posted on 04/11/2012 1:00:00 PM PDT by tnlibertarian (I <3 PEJSWDTDSOPC)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

It’s difficult to concentrate on grammar and spelling because I only post naked.


75 posted on 04/11/2012 1:00:57 PM PDT by Psycho_Bunny (Burning the Quran is a waste of perfectly good fire.)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

loose or choose.

Lose or chose.

?

Oh my brain is strained.


76 posted on 04/11/2012 1:01:47 PM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

‘rightwingintelligentsia’ is three words, not one!


77 posted on 04/11/2012 1:03:40 PM PDT by Revolting cat! (Let us prey!)
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To: Nervous Tick

Eh, would that be a vise? Athough, I have been caught with my vice! :-)


78 posted on 04/11/2012 1:06:39 PM PDT by SgtHooper (The last thing I want to do is hurt you. But it's still on the list.)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

Damyankee Carpetbaggers are running wild today!


79 posted on 04/11/2012 1:06:50 PM PDT by SWAMPSNIPER (The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not a Matter of Opinion)
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To: Revolting cat!

She’s got some sort of Alien Baby About to Emerge thing happening with her chest.


80 posted on 04/11/2012 1:07:30 PM PDT by Lazamataz (Shut up and drill.)
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