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RE: common speeling errors
July 6, 2014 at 6:15 pm
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Back on track, guys.
Here's one that pops up every now and then, and it seems I'm the only one that spots it: my favorite fairy tale features a very nice looking fairy tail.
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RE: common speeling errors
July 6, 2014 at 6:30 pm
I'm not even sure about some letters. Why do we have a C? The sound it makes is the same sound as either a K or an S. Though there are the CH sounds out there. English is weird.
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RE: common speeling errors
July 6, 2014 at 6:41 pm
(July 6, 2014 at 11:39 am)SteelCurtain Wrote: I second guess myself with believe and receive all the time. Even with the stupid i before e rule.
The way I remember how to spell believe is "never be
lieve a lie"
(July 6, 2014 at 12:22 pm)Rhythm Wrote: "I before e except after c"
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RE: common speeling errors
July 6, 2014 at 6:44 pm
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(July 6, 2014 at 6:30 pm)Chad32 Wrote: I'm not even sure about some letters. Why do we have a C? The sound it makes is the same sound as either a K or an S. Though there are the CH sounds out there. English is weird.
It's the result of speaking a very old Germanic language with lots of romance language influences particularly old Norman French, French, and Latin.
If there is a god, I want to believe that there is a god. If there is not a god, I want to believe that there is no god.
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RE: common speeling errors
July 6, 2014 at 8:03 pm
(July 6, 2014 at 6:30 pm)Chad32 Wrote: I'm not even sure about some letters. Why do we have a C? The sound it makes is the same sound as either a K or an S. Though there are the CH sounds out there. English is weird.
Hell, why do we have a double U that looks like a double V but sounds like neither?!?
My biggest spelling peeve is "congra
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RE: common speeling errors
July 6, 2014 at 8:25 pm
Yep. It's one of the few spelling errors you can actually hear.
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RE: common speeling errors
July 6, 2014 at 8:26 pm
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Their comes a time when what is herd must also be scene. The too of them are naught won inn the same.
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RE: common speeling errors
July 6, 2014 at 9:30 pm
Why I never trust spell check:
Too bee, ore knot two Bea.
Every word is correct, but every word is also wrong.
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