Spelling mistakes that drive you nuts

[shadow29]

Minimalize.

Not a spelling error, but whatever.

[THATWACOKID]

What's the highest possible IQ I could have if I don't know what either of those words mean?

[shadow29]

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What's the highest possible IQ I could have if I don't know what either of those words mean?

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115? Calvary I can understand (it's a good word, though, but you probably won't have come across it unless you've written poetry or fiction or done some intense literature reading). Cavalry, however, is pretty much a standard word, I think. Even if you just watch CNN on occasion.

[GMan42]

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Can I say all of them?

And I want to strangle people that write "of" instead of "have."

(Not that I know what to do with those quotation marks and that period, but that's a different story.)

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If I'm not mistaken, the period inside the quotes is only for quoting speech; with a single word like that, the period should be outside.

[syka16]

ect.

[Brain]

Hmm, sounds fair to me. Putting it inside makes absolutely no sense to me whatsoever.

Brian said, "I think too many of the rules for English are stupid." [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

[Wozza]

pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis

Oh, and 'villian'...

just saw another old favorite ... grammar, not "grammer"

[mason55]

This thread has been done way too many times. Please lock this mods.

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This thread has been done way too many times. Please lock this mods.

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Keep drinking. Half of the spelling errors are from your posts.