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« on: Thursday, January 17, 2008, 18:31:34 » |
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You know what I mean, sometimes you write/type a word and even though it is spelt correctly for some reason it just doesn't look right. Mine is weather: as in "Weather or not", for some reason I can't help but to think that the correct spelling is "Wether or not". The definition of the word wether is actually: : a male sheep castrated before sexual maturity; also : a castrated male goat . Which just wouldn't work at all would it?. So what about yours? I have noticed a few people getting "Their" and "There" confused.[/quote] |
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Samdy Gray
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« Reply #1 on: Thursday, January 17, 2008, 18:34:10 » |
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Actually it's Whether  |
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« Reply #2 on: Thursday, January 17, 2008, 18:34:12 » |
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not so much as looks wrong. I find it difficult not to use the possessive noun 's on it. I'm always writing something along the lines of "it's cheese" instead of "its cheese".
Wait is that the right way round?
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« Reply #3 on: Thursday, January 17, 2008, 18:36:40 » |
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Actually it's Whether My point exactly Sam.  For some reason though it's just that one f'in word that I have trouble with. |
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« Reply #4 on: Thursday, January 17, 2008, 18:37:01 » |
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word's
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« Reply #5 on: Thursday, January 17, 2008, 18:37:20 » |
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I find when i have been seriously deprived of sleep (often) my spelling is fucking stupid. I substitute whole words which rhyme or something. It's all a bit Jabberwocky half the time.
Last week i was spelt load, lowed, paid, as payed, convinced myself refusure was a word and got very stuck on the word alot, a lot, allot...
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« Reply #6 on: Thursday, January 17, 2008, 18:39:37 » |
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STORY / STORIE /STOREY
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« Reply #7 on: Thursday, January 17, 2008, 18:40:45 » |
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word's Thats more bad habit/typo. Weather, whether, wether?  |
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« Reply #8 on: Thursday, January 17, 2008, 18:44:29 » |
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I got ridiculed by my house-mates at uni for suggesting I knew three ways to spell the word that sounds like 'where'.
More fool them.
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« Reply #9 on: Thursday, January 17, 2008, 18:48:18 » |
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Where, wear, ware
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« Reply #10 on: Thursday, January 17, 2008, 18:49:33 » |
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Where, wear, ware You beat me to it, but first I checked and find that ware is not a word on it's own. |
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« Reply #11 on: Thursday, January 17, 2008, 19:22:44 » |
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Any plural with an unnecessary apostrophe. To quote Frank Zappa... "It should be easy to see "The crux of the biscuit is the apostrophe" |
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« Reply #12 on: Thursday, January 17, 2008, 19:26:36 » |
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Any plural with an unnecessary apostrophe. To quote Frank Zappa... "It should be easy to see "The crux of the biscuit is the apostrophe" Like words??? Its a typing habit of mine, for some reason I just started throwing in an apostrophe between any 't' and 's' that came at the end of words. |
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« Reply #13 on: Thursday, January 17, 2008, 19:29:52 » |
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Any plural with an unnecessary apostrophe. To quote Frank Zappa... "It should be easy to see "The crux of the biscuit is the apostrophe" Like words??? Its a typing habit of mine, for some reason I just started throwing in an apostrophe between any 't' and 's' that came at the end of words. Ironically you just missed one!  |
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« Reply #14 on: Thursday, January 17, 2008, 21:11:30 » |
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Where, wear, ware You beat me to it, but first I checked and find that ware is not a word on it's own. It is in the Oxford English Dictionary. |
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