Spelling mistakes you keep seeing!

[Watchmacallit]

This thread has probably been made a million times but I keep seeing it and I don't get how people that want to go to college can't spell college!

I constantly see collage. Now, I'm assuming that these people are from the USA because its the only place I know that calls universities, college.

For all those that want to get into college, learn to spell it!

For discussion purposes: What words do you constantly see spelt incorrectly? This does not include native slang or the differences between UK English and USA English.

(Before anyone tries, 'spelt' is the correct term for UK English)

 

[doggie135]

"You're" and "Your". Get them in context!

EDIT: Is that grammatical, rather?

 

[FreakSheet]

More spell check error which i see all the time, COLOUR IS ACCEPTABLE, AS IS COLOR. HONOUR. ARMOUR. LET ME USE THESE.

 

[Lilani]

"You're" and "Your". Get them in context!

EDIT: Is that grammatical, rather?

I think it is, but that was what I was going to say, too. That, and the three "there"s. I can't believe the number of people who get to college and STILL don't know the difference between your and you're and there, their, and they're.

 

[thongurf]

It really annoys me when people say srsly instead of actually typing seriously, though not really a typo i suspect many people just dont know how to spell the word correctly.

 

[Jezzascmezza]

I see a lot of "alots."
When has that ever been a word?

 

[emeraldrafael]

Im guilty of it but I dont usually add 's to my contractions.

and Im also guilty of it but than vs then though I try to be better about it.

EDIT:

... I don't get how people that want to go to college can't spell college!

I constantly see collage. Now, I'm assuming that these people are from the USA because its the only place I know that calls universities, college.

For all those that want to get into college, learn to spell it!
...

There's a different between a college and a university. Just so you know. College are usually more state sponsored and not for profit (supposedly), while Universities are more independent of state rule and usually higher accredited and sought after. hence the increase in price compared to a similar sized state college or even occasionally a bigger state college.

thats why some places are actually called College or University.

Like, for example, Im going to a university now, but 20 years ago or so we were a college.

 

[kebab4you]

Spelling "of course" as "ofcourse", granted I mostly see this from myself but still!

More spell check error which i see all the time, COLOUR IS ACCEPTABLE, AS IS COLOR. HONOUR. ARMOUR. LET ME USE THESE.

I would say that depends, if you´re writing in British English and then use color instead of colour that is grammatically incorrect and need to be fixed.

 

[Soluncreed]

Misspelled. Silly people, it's mispelled. They can't even get that word right, which is kind of funny.

 

[kebab4you]

Misspelled. Silly people, it's mispelled. They can't even get that word right, which is kind of funny.

Sure about that? most places I checked had it spelled as "misspelled"(even spelling programs said mispelled was wrong).

 

[emeraldrafael]

Misspelled. Silly people, it's mispelled. They can't even get that word right, which is kind of funny.

Not sure if serious, but no, its misspelled with two S's.

otherwise you have mispelled which typing into the comment box gets me the red squiggles of failure and phonetically sounds like Me spelled, which i guess is right if you're going for a stereotyped mexican voice.

EDIT:

Plus <url=http://www.yourdictionary.com/library/misspelled.html>this says so too.

 

[Creator002]

No idea what your talking about. Never sea anything spelled uncorrect.

Seriously, I see "alot" a lot instead of "a lot". (Confused? )
Also "your" in place of "you're", "there" for both "they're" and "their", "here" for "hear" and just a general bastardisation of the English language.
German seems to be going downhill too. I see "wie gehz" a lot nowadays when the correct way is "wie geht's (dir)?" as well as people replacing "ß" with a single "S".

 

[Sonic Doctor]

More spell check error which i see all the time, COLOUR IS ACCEPTABLE, AS IS COLOR. HONOUR. ARMOUR. LET ME USE THESE.

It really annoys me when people say srsly instead of actually typing seriously, though not really a typo i suspect many people just dont know how to spell the word correctly.

You two have committed a great writing sin in my eyes, and it involves not capitalizing "I" in the middle of sentences.

I know it isn't a spelling thing, but I haven't seen many spelling errors that get to me as much as that error. I don't know why it rubs me the wrong way so much, but it does.

 

[mjc0961]

Whenever someone tries to tell another person to use better grammar, they usually misspell grammar and say "grammer". Which is fun because then tons of people come to rip them a new one about learning to spell before lecturing others.

As for alot... http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2010/04/alot-is-better-than-you-at-everything.html

 

[NedroidPrime]

I see a lot of evangelical churches that spell "angel" "angle".

Or Hallelujah as "Alleluia".

Seriously, if you are going to preach at everyone, at least learn how to spell major words!

 

[evilneko]

The word "missile" has two i's in it.

That sentence also brings up another pet peeve of mine: apostrophe abuse. [http://www.apostropheabuse.com/]

 

[Watchmacallit]

Im guilty of it but I dont usually add 's to my contractions.

and Im also guilty of it but than vs then though I try to be better about it.

EDIT:

... I don't get how people that want to go to college can't spell college!

I constantly see collage. Now, I'm assuming that these people are from the USA because its the only place I know that calls universities, college.

For all those that want to get into college, learn to spell it!
...

There's a different between a college and a university. Just so you know. College are usually more state sponsored and not for profit (supposedly), while Universities are more independent of state rule and usually higher accredited and sought after. hence the increase in price compared to a similar sized state college or even occasionally a bigger state college.

thats why some places are actually called College or University.

Like, for example, Im going to a university now, but 20 years ago or so we were a college.

Oh I see. In Australia High School and College (my teen years were spent at Catholic Regional College) are the same thing and all higher education is University as well as TAFE which is more of a hands on type thing.

 

[Kae]

"You're" and "Your". Get them in context!

EDIT: Is that grammatical, rather?

I think it is, but that was what I was going to say, too. That, and the three "there"s. I can't believe the number of people who get to college and STILL don't know the difference between your and you're and there, their, and they're.

I'm so sorry I keep doing that, but in my defence English is my second language and I learned it from watching TV and movies with subtitles, but still that is no excuse I should have learned by now so I do apologize.

 

[hensethe1]

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