Common mistakes

That, I like. :yesnod:

Only great minds can read this
(or Teachers!)

This is weird, but interesting!

fi yuo cna raed tihs, yuo hvae a sgtrane mnid too

Cna yuo raed tihs? Olny 55 plepoe out of 100 can.


i cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it dseno't mtaetr in waht oerdr the ltteres in a wrod are, the olny iproamtnt tihng is taht the frsit and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it whotuit a pboerlm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Azanmig huh? yaeh and I awlyas tghuhot slpeling was ipmorantt!

Muck fe.
I have a degree in Modern English.
I also have a Masters Degree in Electrical Engineering.
And an MBA.
And am a Chartered Engineer. And a member of the IEE. That's the Institute of Electrical Engineers. Woo.
So I'm John and Sue MSc BA MBA CEng MIEE. Which I think is impressive as Quals go. I have my card printed on kitchen roll to get it all on dahling.

And amazingly even I think you should all get out more and meet Real People. And talk to them. If folk get the sense of what they mean in a post it really doesn't matter if their grammar and syntax are correct.

Spelling police. pi$$ on you. You will make a mistake. And I will catch you. :yesnod:

And I'm really boring. Honest.
:yesnod:

I hope John finds an error in your ways spelling police no one likes a smart arseyholiohoooe!

Another one I see a lot of.

Gray instead of grey.
Mouths instead of months.
My favourite reight instead if right sometimes reyt.

We should embrace all spellings if all kinds. My cousin is crap with a own and paper however give him some spanners and he can fix anything.

Ps. Most spell checkers are crap at medical terms

Most spell checkers are crap at anything other than the barbaric spelling of the Yanks. :lol:
The damned things are always wanting to delete the letter "U" from words, and always trying replace the letter "S" with a "Z" To suit the Yank preference.

Cobber wrote: Most spell checkers are crap at anything other than the barbaric spelling of the Yanks. :lol:
The damned things are always wanting to delete the letter "U" from words, and always trying replace the letter "S" with a "Z" To suit the Yank preference.

Zeds can be OK in proper English eg as in organize. I was taught to use the first spelling on the COD if there were alternatives. Which reminds me that 'taught' (in the teaching sense) and 'taut' (as in the being tight sense) are frequently mixed-up. Also we seem to have some issues with 'brake' & 'break'. It's more about meanings than spelling (which I'm crap at to be honest so I have to work at getting it right). Another one you see most days is 'accomodation' which should be 'accommodation'. Time for a strong coffee.

Richard

I think Spelling Police did explain that his posts were for a laugh and not meant to offend anyone. I think he could help a lot of people who are genuinely confused.:shrug:

I must admit that I am one person that misspelling does annoy because a lot of it is just down to laziness. Does it really take much effort to learn the difference between break and brake?

To a certain extent if the meaning is clear, then the spelling and grammar aren't vital. If it is clear, but sometimes the meaning is lost.
We must also remember that not everyone using the site has English as their first language and may rely on online translation. Then the difference between brake and break does become an issue.


Most online spellcheckers are US orientated, hence the battle with U s in words. and gray instead of grey etc.

I am a bad speller and rely on the spell checker feature of firefox. It kept giving me the US spelling till I figured out you need to add a language .

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/language-tools/

Gray and grey are both acceptable according to Oxford English.

Zeds are good, we own three.

Forum messages, email chat, SMS etc. are casual conversation and as such it's less important to use perfect spelling and grammar than it would be for formal communication as long as the message is quickly and correctly understood.

being from over there and now over here France I use smellchecker a lot,
yes it spotted that one,
but it cannot at all recognise minits it knows it is wrong but is dumb as regarding a substitute, it is all this French
don't pronounce h's
ignore all consonants after the last vowel in speech but remember them when writing,
bug*er