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Frequent misspelled Words just for fun & I'm procrastinating
Sherrlyn Borkgren, Photographer
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Eugene | OR | USA | Posted: 6:30 PM on 12.02.09 |
->> Here are a few misspelled words I see consistently (and maybe I'm adding to them with my own misspellings) If you have more lay them on me.
Photographer not photograpfer, fotographer this is not the Spanish version-
Spanish is fotógrafo or with a on the end or in some coutries retratista
Amateur---- often spelled amatuer
A lot - is two words
Absurd - use a u
Belief-
Colonel -not kernel
Separate-- only 2 e's
Roommate it's 2 words stuck together thus the 2 mm
Accomplish-- yep 2 cc's and 1 m
Liaison-- ummm I want a liaison with Canon
Other strange doings in English
lose vs. loose - loose means not tight. (easy to remember the word has more room for the extra o).
lose -has lost an o and means- a lost
Lie vs. Lay-- lie yourself down but lay the cat down, (lay needs an object)
except the past tense of lie is lay
so the cat lay in the window during the snow yesterday
Chickens lay eggs
I lie down (no object)
admission--I didnt' use a spell check and I'm outta time for messing off. |
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Eric Canha, Photographer
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Brockton | MA | United States | Posted: 6:32 PM on 12.02.09 |
->> (lay needs an object)
Now we're told! |
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Joe Morahan, Photographer
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Denver | Co | USA | Posted: 7:25 PM on 12.02.09 |
| ->> wats wit all da spellin stuf la8ly |
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Jim Comeau, Photo Editor, Photographer
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Los Angeles | CA | USA | Posted: 7:26 PM on 12.02.09 |
->> Definite not defenite/definate/def*n*te where * is not an i/etc
Who vs whom: who is a subject, like I. Whom is an object, like me. Who/I/he/she/they go together. Whom/me/him/her/them go together.
If something has a title, it is titled, not entitled. If someone is owed something, then they are entitled to whatever it is.
Photo related:
Lens (singular), lenses (plural), where does lense come from? |
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Daniel Berman, Student/Intern, Photographer
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Seattle | WA | US | Posted: 9:01 PM on 12.02.09 |
| ->> Flicker -- has an e in it. |
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Nic Coury, Photographer
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Monterey | CA | | Posted: 9:11 PM on 12.02.09 |
| ->> speliz is opshunal... |
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Myung Chun, Photographer
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Los Angeles | CA | USA | Posted: 12:21 AM on 12.03.09 |
| ->> Regardless, not irregardless |
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Darren Whitley, Photographer
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Maryville | MO | USA | Posted: 12:31 AM on 12.03.09 |
| ->> y two Brute? |
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Nic Coury, Photographer
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Monterey | CA | | Posted: 2:55 AM on 12.03.09 |
| ->> Also, I personally like to intentionally misspell the names of key sources in stories, you know, just to mess with them... |
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Karim Sahai, Photographer
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Wellington | - | New Zealand | Posted: 2:39 PM on 12.03.09 |
->> Photo's
cd's
your vs you're
its vs it's. |
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Marvin Gentry, Photographer
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Birmingham | AL | USA | Posted: 4:20 PM on 12.03.09 |
| ->> BAYJANG |
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David Seelig, Photographer
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Hailey | ID | USA | Posted: 5:50 PM on 12.03.09 |
| ->> MY favorite is, a lot. |
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James Broome, Photographer
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Tampa | FL | US | Posted: 11:23 AM on 12.04.09 |
->> Tautologies
false pretense
armed gunman
advance warning
convicted felon
overused cliche
unsolved problem
general public
personal friend
jewish rabbi
innocent bystander
wealthy millionaire
famous celebrity
subtle nuance
close proximity
scheduled appointment
bouquet of flowers
unsubstantiated allegation
sworn affidavit
mass exodus
free gift |
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Neil Turner, Photographer
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Bournemouth | UK | United Kingdom | Posted: 11:29 AM on 12.04.09 |
->> Ha! You think that you have problems... Most spell-checking software comes with an American English dictionary which is very annoying when you need The Queen's English (the kind we have here in England). As a photographer there are so many words that I use in the course of captioning and key-wording my work that have American spellings.
All is, however, forgiven because of the gift to the language of the verb "to chimp".
Neil |
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Daniel Putz, Photographer
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Owings Mills | MD | USA | Posted: 1:38 PM on 12.04.09 |
->> I'm a big fan of the Linux Colonel.
oops. >_ |
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Jim Colburn, Photo Editor, Photographer
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McAllen | TX | USA | Posted: 2:19 PM on 12.04.09 |
->> If you revolt you should be taking part in a revoltion.
If you take part in a revolution you should be in revolue. |
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Dianna Russell, Photographer
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Dennis Wierzbicki, Photographer
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Plainfield | IL | USA | Posted: 12:13 PM on 12.05.09 |
->> Can't believe their/they're/there haven't been mentioned.
How about "it's located acrossed the street" (might be a bit regional)?
Also, while not technically a spelling error, I love the statement "I could care less".
Now, back to work for me, too/to/two. |
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Daniel Putz, Photographer
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Owings Mills | MD | USA | Posted: 12:24 PM on 12.05.09 |
->> Alright this isn't the SATs again.
(and it's about as regional as "axed" or "assed" instead of "asked" and "melk" instead of "milk") |
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Bradly J. Boner, Photographer, Photo Editor
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Jackson | WY | USA | Posted: 2:55 PM on 12.05.09 |
| ->> Learn the difference between "robbery" and "burglary." |
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Tom Simpson, Photographer
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London | LDN | UK | Posted: 2:56 PM on 12.05.09 |
->> I was a sub-editor for a little while, and the amount of professional writers who wrote 'armature' instead of 'amateur' was frankly alarming. And don't get me started on the difference between 'licence' and 'license', I see the wrong usages in national dailies, major novels, all over the place!
Although I've not been a sub for around 5 years now, it takes a little while to fully leave the system. Sorry. |
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Mark Loundy, Photo Editor
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San Jose | CA | USA | Posted: 5:22 PM on 12.05.09 |
->> And the correct usage of "number" vs. "amount."
We could go on forever. Thank goodness for the 50 limit.
--Mark |
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Chuck Steenburgh, Photographer
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Lexington | VA | USA | Posted: 10:10 PM on 12.05.09 |
->> Not a misspelling either, but a misuse...
"Myself" is not a fancy way of saying "me." It's a reflexive pronoun.
"I bought a camera for myself." (You are the object of your own action.)
NOT
"Talk to Brian, Lucy, or myself about our packages." (Unless you're telling yourself to talk to yourself, you should use "me.")
And of course, there is the "Mark of Ignorance" - the misplaced apostrophe.
It is NOT used to pluralize words. There's a car dealership around here called Harner Wheel's. And no, I don't think Harner's last name is Wheel.
And the apostrophe is not used with possessive pronouns: her's, it's...drop it.
Now, if I've typed this entire message without a spelling or grammatical mistake, it will be quite the miracle. :) |
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Mark Loundy, Photo Editor
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San Jose | CA | USA | Posted: 10:39 PM on 12.05.09 |
->> Chuck,
There are exceptions to the use of an apostrophe pluralizing a word when leaving the apostrophe out would be confusing. Like the Oakland baseball team, the A's.
I love the joke about the English class where the teacher says that a double negative always denotes a positive and a double positive also always denotes a positive. Someone pipes up from the back of the room. "Yeah, sure."
--Mark |
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Jon Wright, Photographer
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Wayzata | MN | USA | Posted: 10:10 AM on 12.06.09 |
| ->> It just kills me when college students don't understand the difference between TO, TOO and TWO. Somehow that seems simple enough. It goes without saying that THERE, THEIR and THEY'RE also seem to be troublesome. |
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Jim Colburn, Photo Editor, Photographer
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McAllen | TX | USA | Posted: 6:28 PM on 12.06.09 |
->> "...while not technically a spelling error, I love the statement "I could care less"."
Not even close to a spelling error, just a simple statement of fact. |
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Dennis Wierzbicki, Photographer
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Plainfield | IL | USA | Posted: 9:17 PM on 12.06.09 |
->> "Not even close to a spelling error, just a simple statement of fact."
Jim, check the title of the thread... |
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Chuck Steenburgh, Photographer
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Lexington | VA | USA | Posted: 5:43 AM on 12.07.09 |
->> There will always be exceptions, and English is no exception...hey, there's another one. "Except" vs "accept." See that a lot.
Perhaps the one I have to say I see most frequently is "definately." I'd have to say that the majority of Americans seem to think that is the correct spelling. And it probably will be in a few years.
BTW, did anyone notice that the thread title "Frequent misspelled Words" should have been "Frequently misspelled words" (or am I just getting the joke)? |
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Chuck Steenburgh, Photographer
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Lexington | VA | USA | Posted: 5:45 AM on 12.07.09 |
| ->> Oh, and Sherrlyn...you WOULD "lay yourself down," not "lie yourself down"...you would just "lie down." :) |
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James Broome, Photographer
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Tampa | FL | US | Posted: 1:43 PM on 12.07.09 |
| ->> I seem to recall the AP Stylebook specifying that an apostrophe is added after proper nouns ending in 's' when possession is needed. (James' book is blue.) Is that accurate? I ask since I haven't studied it in years and know that the proper way to handle that for uses outside of journalism is to add the apostrophe *and* the 's' (James's book is blue.). |
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Chuck Steenburgh, Photographer
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Lexington | VA | USA | Posted: 3:34 PM on 12.08.09 |
->> James,
You will see varying rules on the possessive apostrophe and proper nouns (or any nouns) ending in 'S'.
Strunk and White says use apostrophe+s (Charles's) in all cases.
Other references will say only add the apostrophe+s if the word has more than one syllable (Hess's, Charles').
AP Style has a full two pages on the subject of possessives. To address your point, you are correct: use only an apostrophe for a propoer noun ending in 's.' However, you do use an apostrophe+s for a singular noun ending in 's' unless the next word begins with an 's.'
What a mess.
Chuck |
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Chuong Doan, Photographer
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Kansas City | MO | USA | Posted: 2:37 PM on 12.11.09 |
| ->> MORAN instead of MORON, especially when used to call someone else one. |
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