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When I start a book, I always think it's patently absurd that I can write one. No one, certainly not me, can write a book 500 pages long. But I know I can write 15 pages, and if I write 15 pages every day, eventually I will have 500 of them.

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A Confusing List - Part 2
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Misspelled Mistakes

So now I have another complaint: Commonly misspelled words.

I think there are certain reasons for the common misspelling of words...other than obvious typos.

And of course, depending on which side of the Atlantic you're on, you may also exclude or include many different alternative spellings for words like humerous and humorous.

Maybe it's just me, but I wince quite often as I read the words that are published online. After all, we live in the AGE OF SPELL CHECK.

Maybe I'm just too self indulgent about my pet peeves.

However, there are certain misspelled words that I find particularly painful. The painful words are ones that are commonly used, and therefore theoretically easy to remember and yet, commonly misspelt.

I don't intend to make this a big project, but I might add significant typos as I notice them.

Please feel free to add words that could be appended to this list.

Commonly encountered misspelling of the word is followed by the correct version:

commerical - commercial
definately - definitely
diffrent - different
existance - existence
mispell - misspell
occured - occurred
persistant - persistent
responsability - responsibility
sentance - sentence
speach - speech
tendancy - tendency
usefull - useful
wierd - weird


See, that's a short list...for now.

And the nervous tic will stop in a few minutes I hope.
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Sonja (Author) 2007-05-26 02:36:31
Over the many years that I have home schooled my children, I have found that misspelled words are usually phonetically correct. I also find that, when I am typing really fast, I do tend spell them the way that they sound rather than the correct way (even though I know the correct way!). I really depend on spell check. Sometimes, as in my blog this morning, it doesn't always pick them up-and I do not bother to look- I assume the spell check has me covered.
I really need to slow down.

Then there are the pioneer words and terms:
I remember back in the 80's none of us knew how to write home school. Is it, homeschool, home school or, home-school?
I think these days it depends on who is writing it. As Pablo pointed out above, regional differences can also make words change, even though it is written English. I have been corresponding with the UK-based AVERT group.Here are some words from the UK:
cheques= checks
realise= realize

Soni
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Jan (Author) 2007-08-31 18:00:53
I have recently found out (please don't laugh that I didn't know) that you can left click a red underlined word and get the spell check's guess. I was going through the more laborious procedure of clicking the spell check. I sure like the shortcut.
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