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- cybrjoe, on 10/12/2007, -12/+97Irregardless of your personal peeves, I'd rather take advise from my English professor then from some digg morons.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -3/+66Ok, so technically the following words aren’t misspelled. They’re misused. The reason you should review this list is because a spell checker won’t correct these for you. Make sure that you’ve got foolproof control over them (especially if you tend to write around 3:12 AM like I am now). Extensively misusing them throughout your posts may actually cost you a visitor or two every now and then because some folks do get caught up on these, which means they won’t focus 100 % of their attention on your incredibly valuable content!
1. Your - You’re
As mentioned above, your message might lose impact if you’re not paying attention to this number one word maltreatment. If you find it particularly difficult to separate them from each other, stop using ‘you’re’ altogether and notice how you are starting to improve your spelling.
2. Then - Than
The next step is then to tell yourself that it’s better late than never to get that vowel placement in order. Then your readers might find something more useful to comment on than your apparent spelling impediment.
3. Its - it’s
It’s best to write an article and its words properly for optimal reader engagement. Again, if you still fail to tell the difference without effort, just write how great it is not having to worry about misusing or misspelling words.
4. To - Too - Two
To write two posts per day, or not to write two posts per day. That too is the question.
5. Were - Where - We’re
Where in the world were you? We were at Billy’s and we’re staying for another day. Make sure your blog visitors do that too.
6. There - Their - They’re
They’re moving their cursor over there. By focusing more attention on proper word use, your visitors won’t highlight and pinpoint your mistakes.
7. A - An - And
A flawlessly written article serves as an eye-opener and should provide lasting value. Remember also that an abbreviation like SUV starts with a vowel pronunciation and requires an ‘an’ in front of it.
8. Off - Of
Of all the mistakes you could prevent from appearing, start off by checking out this common mix up. You should have paid attention at school when they told you not to write ’should of’. Or off your visitors go.
9. Here - Hear
Hear ye! Hear ye! Here is a blog worth reading. You can almost hear the distant clicks of new visitors finding their way over here this very moment.
10. Lose - Loose
But if you’re too loose on your writing discipline, you will end up losing those readers after a while. You’d have a bolt loose if you don’t apply these 10 writing rules from now on with greater care. You win some and you don’t lose anyone.
Can you find the misused or misspelled word in this article? - gronne, on 10/12/2007, -19/+77Using "irregardless" (which isn't a real word) is a big problem as well.
- 19216811, on 10/12/2007, -4/+48Recently the biggest problem I've seen is the then/than mix-up...
- rauz, on 10/12/2007, -1/+38My new pet peeve is "should of" instead of "should've". Another good one that I've seen a lot of here on Digg is "here here" instead of "hear hear".
- mer-uno, on 10/12/2007, -7/+35grammer
- slippeh, on 10/12/2007, -3/+31What about us Canadians? It's centre, colour, and neighbourhood (etc etc) to me.
- isthisnametaken, on 10/12/2007, -0/+24I bet you checked that sentence 10 times before posting :P.
- tidu, on 10/12/2007, -6/+30"even though I tend to fix it because firefox kicks ass."
I check my grammar because arbitrary internet browsers are awesome, too. - vbrtrmn, on 10/12/2007, -7/+31I do agree irregardless, is great!
Let's see:
regardless: without regard
irregardless: without without regard
Logically irregardless means "with regards".
My all time favorite is: alot - Otto, on 10/12/2007, -8/+30gronne: Like it or not, irregardless *is* a word.
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irregardless for the lowdown and links to dictionaries and such. - HeyBob, on 10/12/2007, -4/+25subposebly
- ffunky, on 10/12/2007, -1/+19The best way to ensure proper grammar on any medium is with an education.
- Hypermarkalan, on 10/12/2007, -6/+24Practise= UK conventions
Practice= US conventions
Use "practise" here in the States as a verb and look like a pretentious douche. Also, it's best to avoid these if you're on the west side of the pond: "organize" not "organise," "center" and not "centre," and "pussy" and not "fanny."
Hope that helps. - diggfinity, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1811- "Teh"
- orientis, on 10/12/2007, -3/+20TMI
- orientis, on 10/12/2007, -2/+18ARG gronne, irregardless irritates me no end. Not because it isn't a word, I like to make up words, but because it is a redundancy. It's essentially people adding an extra syllable for no goddamned reason.
I think they do it so they can say they know a four-syllable word.
@Otto it's a 'word' in the sense that people use it as such thus dictionary orgs include it, being comprehensively updated tomes of language. That doesn't make it any less stupid. - nusblog, on 10/12/2007, -6/+22Advise and Advice
- bdit1200, on 10/12/2007, -0/+15your != you're ...arrgh
- sockpuppets, on 10/12/2007, -3/+17This is why Smurfs used the word smurf all the time. They were really poor spellers.
Be right back, my smurf ran out of smurf. Shouldn't drink too much of it though, it gives me the smurfs. - woxidu, on 10/12/2007, -3/+17"Using 'irregardless' (which isn't a real word) is a big problem as well."
OS X halfway agrees with you, but it looks like Princeton disagrees.
http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=irregardless
EDIT: I'm a dupe. Oh well. - negativefx, on 10/12/2007, -1/+12"rediculous" I ***** hate that one.
@isthisnametaken: don't you mean 'anyone see the missused or mispelled word?' - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+12it's and its. am I the only one who learned about apostrophes in the 6th grade?
- strictnein, on 10/12/2007, -0/+11"rediculous" is definitely a pet peeve of mine.
- JD52, on 10/12/2007, -0/+10I'm suprised a big one is missing.
alot - a lot
It's two words folks. - penneyisok, on 10/12/2007, -3/+13here here
edit:opps i should of .. ain't done that - mewhocorrupts, on 10/12/2007, -1/+10@TheUberDork
... neither will your user name. - maximthegreat, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9I saw an off-road truck (one of those ones with that's raised up very high with the big wheels) that had painted proudly on the front:
"Move it or loose it". I just about drove off the road laughing. - jonohull, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9Another bad one is people using "should of."
- banditski, on 10/12/2007, -4/+13My absolute least favourite misuse: myself.
"The document has to be signed by Mark and myself," is just plain wrong. As is "The document has to be signed by Mark and I." It should be "The document has to be signed by Mark and me."
This can explain it much better than I can... http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/myself.html - drjekelmrhyde, on 10/12/2007, -1/+10What's this Grammar you peoples talking bout
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -5/+13aii uus teh werd teh in my averydey spiich yo
- SimianSamurai, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8A preposition is a terrible thing to end a sentence with.
- MrSketch, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8I still think of definitely as de-finite-ly, and for some reason I have no trouble remembering how to spell finite. I think people just say it as 'def-inn-Ate-lee' so they want to put an 'a' instead of an 'i'.
- Ellsass, on 11/05/2008, -0/+8"Definitely" has always been my pet peeve. It was interesting to see it go from the common misspelling "definately" to the spellcheck-proof "defiantly".
- banditski, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8@provost
"not only is irregardless a word, but it is also one that makes total sense. . . .Irregardless and regardless are NOT interchangeable words, but they mean the opposite of each other and when used properly, make TOTAL COMPLETE sense."
Are you kidding me? Would you suggest unirregardless and antiunirregardless be words too? - stealpick, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7The thing that drives me up the wall the most is using apostrophes to pluralize words. When the hell did that start happening? You see it everywhere! I was at the grocery store and saw a sign for "Special's on Wednesday's." ARRRRGH!!!
- mp3dog, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7The article should have been titled, "How to spot a dumbass that didn't pay attention in school".
- Otto, on 10/12/2007, -3/+10The slang of "teh" is an intentional misspelling, most of the time. As in "teh intertubes" or "teh roxx0r!"...
Not quite the same thing. - Neiby, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7Of vs. Have really irritates the hell out of me. It blows my mind that people don't know the difference between "of" and "have", as in "I should of paid more attention in school." If you don't know when to use "have", take a refresher course in English. For god's sake, stop using "of" when you should be using "have".
- orientis, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6This from somebody who uses the suffix -ass.
- banditski, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7I could read http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/errors.html#errors for hours...
- apetrie, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Tuplex: "Should've" is a contraction of "should have", but "should of" does not make sense. Weird how you will support the completely nonsensical "should of" but declare the proper "should've" to be "retarded".
- bdbr, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5I disagree. IMO means you're stating an opinion rather than an assertion of fact.
- Otto, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6"Oh, if you want it to be possessive it's just I-T-S, but if it's supposed to be a contraction then it's I-T-apostrophe-S ... scalawag."
- DeflatorMouse, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5"it's and its. am I the only one who learned about apostrophes in the 6th grade?"
Ye's. - JacNet, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6Okay... You link to a non-working mirror, fine, okay. But do you HAVE to make us non-wii-owners jealous while you're at it? Huh?
- domlachowicz, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5I was at a rural video rental shop near my girlfriend's parents house in upstate Pennsylvania, and had the pleasure of seeing the hunting video "Shoot 'em Where Their At" on the shelves. Take from that what you will.
- FizixMan, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5I see what you did there!
- finista, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Don't loose it!
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