tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34763566.post585458186507521103..comments2024-02-03T17:37:27.803-08:00Comments on Cogitations and Meditations: Common Spelling ErrorsKeira Soleorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14440213826734580889noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34763566.post-55452647915296811322010-05-11T14:17:44.366-07:002010-05-11T14:17:44.366-07:00Susanna, for me it's practice and practise in ...Susanna, for me it's practice and practise in that category. Now I know the former's a noun and the latter a verb, and yet, I have to stop and think, OK, in this sentence construct am I supposed to use the noun form or verb form. Ugh!Keira Soleorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14440213826734580889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34763566.post-14031180876239279362010-05-11T13:44:22.808-07:002010-05-11T13:44:22.808-07:00Not quite a spelling error, but I'm embarrasse...Not quite a spelling error, but I'm embarrassed to admit I get tripped up on affect vs. effect, at least in their verb forms. (As nouns, they're easy.) I think I got a bad or confusing explanation of them back in 6th grade or so, and ever since I've just looked for ways to use a synonym instead.Susanna Fraserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16149293228696867804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34763566.post-22772259272512256072010-05-11T13:30:25.401-07:002010-05-11T13:30:25.401-07:00Maili, you caught couple of mine that I'd (con...Maili, you caught couple of mine that I'd (conveniently) forgotten: privilege and pronunciation. I used to write it your way, too, and now I know I say it out loud as I write it to make sure I get it right. I know I don't know this one. I still get tripped up by privilege sometimes. <br /><br />All those ae spellings that get re-corrected to the "right" spellings. How annoying. Do people correct your double Ls, too, in say, jewellry?Keira Soleorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14440213826734580889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34763566.post-52762237722654909112010-05-11T12:36:25.382-07:002010-05-11T12:36:25.382-07:00I have a chronic problem spelling these words:
-...I have a chronic problem spelling these words: <br /><br />- privilege (I tend to spell it as privelege) <br /><br />- pronunciation (I tend to spell it as pronunication) <br /><br />- rhapsody (rapsody or raphsody) <br /><br />- genuine (I hate this word so much because I could never get the spelling right. Usually, geninue.)<br /><br />- apocalypse (when I need to use this word, I google 'Coppola now' as it'll bring up results of 'Apocalypse Now' :D) <br /><br />- insalubrious (I spell it as insalabrious)<br /><br />- executive (which is still embarrassing because it was part of my job title. I tend to spell it as excrutive or excruetive. I still have no idea why I have problems memorising the correct spelling.) <br /><br />- Chroma key (I tend to spell it as Roma key. I once spelt it as Coma key. *facepalm*) <br /><br />- Medieval (not a misspelling exactly, but a lot of people online tend to correct my spelling 'mediaeval' as 'medieval'. I'm still not used to 'medieval', though, so I still spell it as mediaeval)<br /><br />- aesthetics (I spell this as esthetics. It's actually a valid spelling, but American. So, editors tend to add 'a' to my spelling.) <br /><br />- ecstasy (Probably the hardest to memorise. Enough said.) <br /><br />Heh.Mailinoreply@blogger.com