Moreso. It’s TWO WORDS – more so.
seperate
I don’t know why, but I see that spelled as above all the time on message boards.
More then the common spelling errors I see, many of which I attribute to typos, I cannot STAND txt msg speek.
I saw it on craigslist the other day as a “Shay’s lounge”… now why would they take away Shay’s things like that? Shay needs a place to sit, too.
It’s never alright to not be all right.
That ship might have sailed.
It’s W-R-O-N-G people! Every single person spells it wrong.
Might of sailed.
“Ghandi” for “Gandhi” (although I suspect it’s become a meme and is now deliberate).
I see “noone” here a lot. Unless you’re quoting e e cummings, or perhaps referring to a British singer, it’s “no one.”
advice and advise
And, unlike most all other misspellings, it’s one that I am virtually certain is an Internet-spread meme; there’s no phonetic indication in the pronounciation that the offending “a” is actually said as an “a” sound (yes I know it’s a schwa, which is roughly a combination between a short e and u), so you just know the one illiterate idiot is just copying another illiterate idiot. Otherwise you’d see “definutely” or “definetely” all the time too.
Yes, yes, a million times yes! Why would people make the language more complicated than it needs to be? Just to be… wrong!
it’s = it is
its = belongs to
you’re = you are
your = belonging to you
Although it’s becoming commonplace, I still hate “alright.” I think it should remain “all right” forever.
Ugh. And modifying the word “unique,” but that’s not a misspelling.
More than.
Baseball, the great American past time.
Peaked or peeked for piqued.
As in - It peaked or peeked my interest.
I also see break used instead of brake.
As in - My breaks failed
I know there are alternate spellings for any number of past tenses in verbs like:
burned and burnt
learned and learnt
spilled and spilt
but even if they are “correct” these bug me:
turnt
kilt (for killed)
ruint
fount
“payed” drives me completely up the wall, as does “loose” for “lose”.
Everyday. When it’s an adverb, it’s TWO WORDS. “I shampoo my wombat every day.” It’s only “everyday” when you use it as an adjective.
But what I’m really tired of is people who use “criteria” or “phenomena” when they mean “criterion” or “phenomenon.”
Since other people have mentioned French loanwords, Spanish is ok, too, right?
Cojones are not cajones.
My least favorite common misspelling is discrete/discreet.
People who spell “cool” as “kewl” I hate this with the white hot passion of a thousand burning suns.