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Chase Keyhole

PostPosted: Fri Jan 26, 2007 7:50 am
teh (the)

When people do that is makes me angry.
 
PostPosted: Fri Jan 26, 2007 8:04 am
It bugs me when people say I spell things wrong because I use the British version.:

  • Colour for Color
  • Favourite for Favorite
  • Centre for Center

And so on. Excuse me for being British.

Also, I dislike it when people don't use apostrophes in the right place and they use them wrong.

  • Its - Possesive, It's - It is
  • Dont for Don't
  • Cant for Can't
  • Isnt for Isn't.

And so on.
 

cyklotz


[~~Bakky~~]

PostPosted: Fri Jan 26, 2007 10:08 am
Necessary. Es and Is, and Cs and Ss all jumbled up. (I know this from personal experience. >.>)  
PostPosted: Fri Jan 26, 2007 1:37 pm
Expecially. I don't know why many spell that wrong, it's not that hard.  

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PostPosted: Fri Jan 26, 2007 1:41 pm
Someone
If through is spelled how to you spell though as in this sentance:Even though I get confused with words I try to spell them correctly,as best I can.


Sentence is frequently misspelled.  
PostPosted: Fri Jan 26, 2007 1:42 pm
If it hasn't been said already...
There, their and they're are often misused.
 

XxJennessaxX


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PostPosted: Fri Jan 26, 2007 1:43 pm
I dislike when people misspell simple words like "you" and "for".  
PostPosted: Fri Jan 26, 2007 1:45 pm
As is your and you're.

[.F]orever [.E]vul
It bugs me when people say I spell things wrong because I use the British version.:

  • Colour for Color
  • Favourite for Favorite
  • Centre for Center

And so on. Excuse me for being British.


How about "theater"?  

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Fat3 4verruncus

PostPosted: Fri Jan 26, 2007 6:01 pm
recieve-Receive
beleive-Believe
decieve-Deceive

and other ei and ie words.

bai-Bye  
PostPosted: Fri Jan 26, 2007 7:54 pm
Demokritos
Expecially. I don't know why many spell that wrong, it's not that hard.


Then why did you spell it wrong? It's actually Especially!  

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Iveris

PostPosted: Fri Jan 26, 2007 8:21 pm
Having lived in Britain for a while, I've been known to use both the American and British spellings for all kinds of words, even in the same essay. Then my instructor will dock points from my paper for it. I wrote on the paper, "Just because I don't always choose the Americanisation of a word doesn't make it wrong," before I handed it back to him. Then he had the nerve to argue with my spelling of "Americanisation," saying it should be spelled with a "z" instead. He missed the whole point.

A side not on the aforementioned word: should Americans not allow it to be spelled with an "s" instead, as it is a term not invented by them and is generally not used by them, but by the rest of the world? I suppose not.

And I tend to use the spelling "theatre" instead of "theater," even though Firefox will never cease to disagree with me.  
PostPosted: Fri Jan 26, 2007 8:50 pm
I have to look up the spelling for the word jealousy every time i want to use it.  

Songo-Hanli Aanali


The Man who was Thursday

PostPosted: Fri Jan 26, 2007 10:22 pm
[Apoc]
Having lived in Britain for a while, I've been known to use both the American and British spellings for all kinds of words, even in the same essay. Then my instructor will dock points from my paper for it. I wrote on the paper, "Just because I don't always choose the Americanisation of a word doesn't make it wrong," before I handed it back to him. Then he had the nerve to argue with my spelling of "Americanisation," saying it should be spelled with a "z" instead. He missed the whole point.

A side not on the aforementioned word: should Americans not allow it to be spelled with an "s" instead, as it is a term not invented by them and is generally not used by them, but by the rest of the world? I suppose not.

And I tend to use the spelling "theatre" instead of "theater," even though Firefox will never cease to disagree with me.


It's wrong if you're not consistent.  
PostPosted: Sat Jan 27, 2007 10:08 am
Theatre is for plays, and theater is for films.

Can someone settle an argument for me?

I am very convinced that the shortened version of "until" is "'til" as opposed to "till." "Till" is a farming term... At least that's what I think it is.  

t3hLunchbox


Bkg-lessthanthree

PostPosted: Sat Jan 27, 2007 10:29 am
I prefer to use the British version of multiple words as well.
Especially "colour" and "theatre."

I despise it when people spell "sexy" as "sexi" and "pretty" as "pritty."
 
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