Members chunky-b Posted January 8, 2009 Members Share Posted January 8, 2009 I recently thought I was a good speller, but missed on a few of these. See how you do................ Click here: The 25 Most Commonly Misspelled Words Post scores below and do not cheat and use a spell checker!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Hotblack Posted January 8, 2009 Members Share Posted January 8, 2009 Thank goodness for spell check.Only 14 correct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members vanlatte Posted January 8, 2009 Members Share Posted January 8, 2009 Gah, the English language is just insane. I thought I did well and ended up with a failing 44%. About half way through I realized that seeing the same word spelled four different ways makes my eyes cross. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members chunky-b Posted January 8, 2009 Author Members Share Posted January 8, 2009 Gah, the English language is just insane. I thought I did well and ended up with a failing 44%. About half way through I realized that seeing the same word spelled four different ways makes my eyes cross. That is what happened to me. if I was typing it, instead of reading the word, i think i would do better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Billystrat Posted January 8, 2009 Members Share Posted January 8, 2009 yeah lets just say computers are good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Super Bass Posted January 8, 2009 Members Share Posted January 8, 2009 15 correct and the ones I got wrong are stupid american spellings! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members hi.flyer Posted January 8, 2009 Members Share Posted January 8, 2009 Nice, 17/25 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Detox Posted January 8, 2009 Members Share Posted January 8, 2009 What bothers me more than misspelling is the misuse of the easy-to-spell words: lose -- looseto -- two -- tootheir--they're--there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members i_wanna_les_paul Posted January 8, 2009 Members Share Posted January 8, 2009 What bothers me more than misspelling is the misuse of the easy-to-spell words: lose -- loose to -- two -- too their--they're--there Your two picky - people like you make people like me loose they're minds. I got a 52% - as others said, if I'm typing, my accuracy is much better. I haven't practiced my visual spelling abilities since, oh, eighth grade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members chunky-b Posted January 8, 2009 Author Members Share Posted January 8, 2009 Quotation: "I have nothing but contempt for anyone who can spell a word only one way." - Thomas Jefferson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Don MC Posted January 8, 2009 Members Share Posted January 8, 2009 64%And English is not my native language. Neither british nor american english. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Renfield Posted January 8, 2009 Members Share Posted January 8, 2009 Your two picky - people like you make people like me loose they're minds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members L. Ron Hoover Posted January 8, 2009 Members Share Posted January 8, 2009 22 out of 25. I went to school when there was no such thing as spell check and spelling was drilled into our heads. I'm also an avid reader, which helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members vanlatte Posted January 8, 2009 Members Share Posted January 8, 2009 What bothers me more than misspelling is the misuse of the easy-to-spell words:lose -- looseto -- two -- tootheir--they're--there Yea and what about he Queen Mother: rEdiculous Arg, that one makes my skin crawl. The root word is ridicule for crying out loud. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members solderjunkie Posted January 8, 2009 Members Share Posted January 8, 2009 18 of 25... I feel like a dumbass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Banta Posted January 8, 2009 Members Share Posted January 8, 2009 96%. But I take issue with judgment/judgement. They are both correct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Renfield Posted January 8, 2009 Members Share Posted January 8, 2009 Oh, I got 23 too. But I proof read things at work all the time, copywrite is a big part of my job, so I have long grown accustomed to the proper spellings, both UK and USA of most common words now. And the two I got wrong, I did a big old on both of them, it was the extra "e" in the American spellings that threw me off. Those two words I think should have it regardless, it just doesn't look right that way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members L. Ron Hoover Posted January 8, 2009 Members Share Posted January 8, 2009 96%. But I take issue with judgment/judgement. They are both correct. "Judgment" just looks wrong to me, but we were taught the British spellings of words up here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Renfield Posted January 8, 2009 Members Share Posted January 8, 2009 "Judgment" just looks wrong to me, but we were taught the British spellings of words up here. It looks WAY wrong to me, that is one of the 2 I got wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jasper383 Posted January 8, 2009 Members Share Posted January 8, 2009 19 I have, to my knowledge, never spelled occurrence correctly. My spelling is getting worse as I get older. In college, I'm pretty sure I would have gotten a few more correct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bryan316 Posted January 8, 2009 Members Share Posted January 8, 2009 15 I still say it's "supercede". Then again, I've never cede-ed anything anyways... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Banta Posted January 8, 2009 Members Share Posted January 8, 2009 Actually, the most common misspelling is anything where people try to make a word plural by adding an apostrophe s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SA Rios Posted January 8, 2009 Members Share Posted January 8, 2009 12/25. Never been a good speller, especially those words. Thats what spell check is for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Roger in the sky Posted January 8, 2009 Members Share Posted January 8, 2009 i chose........ poorly... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members squish_man24 Posted January 8, 2009 Members Share Posted January 8, 2009 22/25 I screwed up acknowledgment (put the e in after ledg), dependent (spelt with an a), and supersede (used a c, never heard the word ever before in my life) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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