I don't know why it is, but there are some words that, for the life of me, I cannot spell.
two are "tomorrow" and "finish"
I know there is at least one repeated letter in "tomorrow", but I can't remember if it is "tommorrow" or "tommorow" or "tomorrow"
I can never remember if it is "finnish" or "finish"
the weird thing is that I spell these words a lot, and always check them because I know I cannot spell them, but I always end up with the wrong spelling. weird.
anybody else have words that they always spell wrong?
werdz I can't sphell
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This one gets me every time,
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- "Scientific name for Trypthophan synthetase (that is a protein with 267 amino acids) (1 909 letters)
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- "Scientific name for Trypthophan synthetase (that is a protein with 267 amino acids) (1 909 letters)
now that's a word!Originally posted by Humboldt
This one gets me every time,
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Damn modsOriginally posted by grundy
also effect and affect, always have to think about those
HEY! somebody has been messing with the title to this thread...
I noticed that too, thought it was you.What is it, getting hit by a truck will effect you, but...what's affect again? The large wave had a great affect on the little kid...that's the same. Dunno
Normally I can get by with most words, but a few that sometimes I have to pause and think about...
Effect & affect
Example:
The effect that JCOS has on Speedguide when he enters the forum is an overall decrease in the collective intelligence.
His posts affect us all...
Effect & affect
Example:
The effect that JCOS has on Speedguide when he enters the forum is an overall decrease in the collective intelligence.
His posts affect us all...
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“The most beautiful thing we can experience in life is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead: for his eyes are closed.” - Albert Einstein
“The most beautiful thing we can experience in life is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead: for his eyes are closed.” - Albert Einstein
Let me see if I can phrase this right...you see, these two words, Accept and Except
Meanings for the most common uses:
ac•cept (transitive verb) [Middle English, from Middle French accepter, from Latin acceptare, frequentative of accipere to receive, from ad- toward + capere to take]
1a: to receive willingly <accept a gift> b: to be able or designed to take or hold (something applied or added) <a surface that will not accept ink>
2: to give admittance or approval <to accept her as one of the group>
3a: to endure without protest or reaction <accept poor living conditions> b: to regard as proper, normal, or inevitable <the idea is widely accepted> c: to recognize as true; believe <refused to accept the explanation>
4a: to make a favorable response to <accept an offer> b: to agree to undertake (a responsibility) <accept a job>
5: to assume an obligation to pay; also: to take in payment <we don't accept personal checks>
1. ex•cept (preposition) [Originally past participle; see meaning 3, below] with the exclusion or exception of <open daily except Sundays>
2. ex•cept (conjunction)
1: on any other condition than that; unless <you face punishment except if you repent>
2: with the following exception <was inaccessible except by boat>
3: only (often followed by that) <I would go except that it's too far>
Meanings for less common uses:
3. ex•cept (transitive verb) [Latin exceptus, past participle of excipere to take or draw out, to except; ex- out + capere to take]
To take or leave out (anything) from a number or a whole; to exclude; to omit <if we only except the unfitness of the judge, the trial was a perfect enactment of justice> <Adam and Eve were forbidden to touch the excepted tree (past participle)>
You can try an exercise on using accept and except correctly.
Affect and Effect
Meanings for the most common uses:
Affect
1. af•fect (transitive verb) [Middle English, from affectus, past participle of afficere]
to produce an effect upon, as a: to produce a material influence upon or alteration in <paralysis affected his limbs> b: to act upon (as a person or a person's mind or feelings) so as to bring about a response; influence
Effect
1. ef•fect (noun) [Middle English, from Middle French & Latin; Middle French, from Latin effectus, from efficere to bring about, from ex- out (of) + facere to make, do]
1a: purport; intent <the effect of their statement was to incite anger> b: basic meaning; essence <her argument had the effect of a plea for justice>
2: something that inevitably follows an antecedent (as a cause or agent) <environmental devastation is one effect of unchecked industrial expansion>
3: an outward sign; appearance <the makeup created the effect of old age on their faces>
4: accomplishment; fulfillment <the effect of years of hard work>
5: power to bring about a result; influence <the content itself of television is therefore less important than its effect>
6 plural: movable property; goods <personal effects>
7a: a distinctive impression <the color gives the effect of being warm> b: the creation of a desired impression <her tears were purely for effect> c (1): something designed to produce a distinctive or desired impression, usually used in plural (2) plural: special effects
8: the quality or state of being operative; operation <the law goes into effect next week>
in effect: in substance; virtually <the committee agreed to what was in effect a reduction in the hourly wage>
to the effect: with the meaning <issued a statement to the effect that he would resign>
Meanings for less common uses:
Affect:
2. af•fect (transitive verb)
1: to make a display of liking or using; cultivate <affect a worldly manner>
2: to put on a pretense of; feign <affect indifference, though deeply hurt>
3. af•fect (noun) [pronunciation: stress on first syllable, unlike verb forms of this word]
the conscious subjective aspect of an emotion considered apart from bodily changes <he displayed a distressing lack of affect>
Effect
2. ef•fect (transitive verb)
1: to cause to come into being <the citizens were able to effect a change in government policy>
2a: to bring about often by surmounting obstacles; accomplish <effect a settlement of a dispute> b: to put into operation <the duty of the legislature to effect the will of the citizens>
Usage: The confusion of the verbs affect and effect not only is quite common but has a long history. The verb effect was used in place of affect (1, above) as early as 1494 and in place of affect (2, above) as early as 1652. If you think you want to use the verb effect but are not certain, check the definitions here. The noun affect is sometimes mistakenly used for the noun effect. Except when your topic is psychology, you will seldom need the noun affect.
How's that?
Meanings for the most common uses:
ac•cept (transitive verb) [Middle English, from Middle French accepter, from Latin acceptare, frequentative of accipere to receive, from ad- toward + capere to take]
1a: to receive willingly <accept a gift> b: to be able or designed to take or hold (something applied or added) <a surface that will not accept ink>
2: to give admittance or approval <to accept her as one of the group>
3a: to endure without protest or reaction <accept poor living conditions> b: to regard as proper, normal, or inevitable <the idea is widely accepted> c: to recognize as true; believe <refused to accept the explanation>
4a: to make a favorable response to <accept an offer> b: to agree to undertake (a responsibility) <accept a job>
5: to assume an obligation to pay; also: to take in payment <we don't accept personal checks>
1. ex•cept (preposition) [Originally past participle; see meaning 3, below] with the exclusion or exception of <open daily except Sundays>
2. ex•cept (conjunction)
1: on any other condition than that; unless <you face punishment except if you repent>
2: with the following exception <was inaccessible except by boat>
3: only (often followed by that) <I would go except that it's too far>
Meanings for less common uses:
3. ex•cept (transitive verb) [Latin exceptus, past participle of excipere to take or draw out, to except; ex- out + capere to take]
To take or leave out (anything) from a number or a whole; to exclude; to omit <if we only except the unfitness of the judge, the trial was a perfect enactment of justice> <Adam and Eve were forbidden to touch the excepted tree (past participle)>
You can try an exercise on using accept and except correctly.
Affect and Effect
Meanings for the most common uses:
Affect
1. af•fect (transitive verb) [Middle English, from affectus, past participle of afficere]
to produce an effect upon, as a: to produce a material influence upon or alteration in <paralysis affected his limbs> b: to act upon (as a person or a person's mind or feelings) so as to bring about a response; influence
Effect
1. ef•fect (noun) [Middle English, from Middle French & Latin; Middle French, from Latin effectus, from efficere to bring about, from ex- out (of) + facere to make, do]
1a: purport; intent <the effect of their statement was to incite anger> b: basic meaning; essence <her argument had the effect of a plea for justice>
2: something that inevitably follows an antecedent (as a cause or agent) <environmental devastation is one effect of unchecked industrial expansion>
3: an outward sign; appearance <the makeup created the effect of old age on their faces>
4: accomplishment; fulfillment <the effect of years of hard work>
5: power to bring about a result; influence <the content itself of television is therefore less important than its effect>
6 plural: movable property; goods <personal effects>
7a: a distinctive impression <the color gives the effect of being warm> b: the creation of a desired impression <her tears were purely for effect> c (1): something designed to produce a distinctive or desired impression, usually used in plural (2) plural: special effects
8: the quality or state of being operative; operation <the law goes into effect next week>
in effect: in substance; virtually <the committee agreed to what was in effect a reduction in the hourly wage>
to the effect: with the meaning <issued a statement to the effect that he would resign>
Meanings for less common uses:
Affect:
2. af•fect (transitive verb)
1: to make a display of liking or using; cultivate <affect a worldly manner>
2: to put on a pretense of; feign <affect indifference, though deeply hurt>
3. af•fect (noun) [pronunciation: stress on first syllable, unlike verb forms of this word]
the conscious subjective aspect of an emotion considered apart from bodily changes <he displayed a distressing lack of affect>
Effect
2. ef•fect (transitive verb)
1: to cause to come into being <the citizens were able to effect a change in government policy>
2a: to bring about often by surmounting obstacles; accomplish <effect a settlement of a dispute> b: to put into operation <the duty of the legislature to effect the will of the citizens>
Usage: The confusion of the verbs affect and effect not only is quite common but has a long history. The verb effect was used in place of affect (1, above) as early as 1494 and in place of affect (2, above) as early as 1652. If you think you want to use the verb effect but are not certain, check the definitions here. The noun affect is sometimes mistakenly used for the noun effect. Except when your topic is psychology, you will seldom need the noun affect.
How's that?
Spelling is one thing (although it is getting really out of hand with these raised-on-the-internet kids) since I can understand typos, but I can't STAND people who use the wrong WORD simply because they don't know the language well enough (scary since most of these people ONLY speak English) to tell one homonym from another.
Words like their, there, and they're; and to, two, and too are probably the most misused (although its hardly limited to those few). And I almost have to laugh when people are making fun of others while not even using proper English to begin with (the Tom Green one that says "'your' an asshat" being an example)!
I really fear how the next generation of kids will grow up only knowing improper uses and spellings of words. Maybe if some of them picked up a book instead of hanging around AOL chats, some of them wouldn't be brain-dead by thirteen.
Words like their, there, and they're; and to, two, and too are probably the most misused (although its hardly limited to those few). And I almost have to laugh when people are making fun of others while not even using proper English to begin with (the Tom Green one that says "'your' an asshat" being an example)!
I really fear how the next generation of kids will grow up only knowing improper uses and spellings of words. Maybe if some of them picked up a book instead of hanging around AOL chats, some of them wouldn't be brain-dead by thirteen.
yeah, the misuse of the various "there/their" and "your/you're" drive me a little crazy, esp. because people don't even seem to know they are misusing the words.
my dad teaches anthropology at a state university, and when word processors started to become common, he noticed and was driven a little crazy by the sudden surge of misused homonyms - people spell checking instead of proofreading.
I can't say too much though, spellcheckers have ruined my spelling! I'm way too reliant on them.
Oh, the solution to this problem? Better grammar checkers!
my dad teaches anthropology at a state university, and when word processors started to become common, he noticed and was driven a little crazy by the sudden surge of misused homonyms - people spell checking instead of proofreading.
I can't say too much though, spellcheckers have ruined my spelling! I'm way too reliant on them.
Oh, the solution to this problem? Better grammar checkers!
Originally posted by Indy
Normally I can get by with most words, but a few that sometimes I have to pause and think about...
Effect & affect
Example:
The effect that JCOS has on Speedguide when he enters the forum is an overall decrease in the collective intelligence.
His posts affect us all...
geez, dejavu, I was thinking about those two this morning when I woke up, I still don't know why though. I think my dreams are making me crazy.
Crackin' skulls and breaking kneecaps.
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Color, or colour?Originally posted by YARDofSTUF
grey or gray?
United Kingdom, or Great Britain?
THESE are the mysteries of life...
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“The most beautiful thing we can experience in life is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead: for his eyes are closed.” - Albert Einstein
“The most beautiful thing we can experience in life is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead: for his eyes are closed.” - Albert Einstein
Re: words I can't spell
When in doubt Whip it out...Originally posted by grundy
I don't know why it is, but there are some words that, for the life of me, I cannot spell.
two are "tomorrow" and "finish"
I know there is at least one repeated letter in "tomorrow", but I can't remember if it is "tommorrow" or "tommorow" or "tomorrow"
I can never remember if it is "finnish" or "finish"
the weird thing is that I spell these words a lot, and always check them because I know I cannot spell them, but I always end up with the wrong spelling. weird.
anybody else have words that they always spell wrong?
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