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Post by brandy327 on Aug 11, 2014 22:33:41 GMT
...that you struggle with?
I always try to spell words correctly and use grammar correctly but there are ones that no matter HOW many times I read the definitions of, I STILL have to look it up every single time. Affect/effect. I have to look it up every time I use it. Drives me crazy that I can't remember how to use it. LOL
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Post by mimima on Aug 11, 2014 22:47:16 GMT
While there are exceptions (side effect, for example) a good rule of thumb is affect=action (a=a) I can never spell commitment, this probably explains a lot about me  Also, I struggle with pronouncing Philadelphia correctly, so usually just call it Philly. |
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Post by brandy327 on Aug 11, 2014 22:49:39 GMT
Oh I'll try to remember that next time. A = Action!
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Post by LavenderLayoutLady on Aug 11, 2014 22:56:44 GMT
Well, not me, but I once knew a man who always said "aminal" instead of "animal."
He knew it was incorrect and would correct himself every time, but he never was able to just say it correctly the first time.
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Post by heartcat on Aug 11, 2014 23:01:44 GMT
I always have trouble spelling the word hemorrhage. I usually start off with too 'm's or put the 'h' in the wrong place.
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Post by gillyp on Aug 11, 2014 23:14:17 GMT
I am useless with apostrophes.  I'm not too bad with contractions but it's the possessive ones (I think!) that I struggle with. Having said that, I only found out after a few days that one of my staff had written Dummy's on a sign instead of dummies. Agghh. |
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Post by dulcemama on Aug 11, 2014 23:30:28 GMT
I always confuse conscious and conscience when I say them out loud. I know the difference but can't seem to get the right one to come out of my mouth at the right time. On the typing front, I randomly capitalize. Which is kind of a weird one since it takes extra effort to capitalize.
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Post by anxiousmom on Aug 11, 2014 23:38:15 GMT
I always confuse e.g. and i.e.-I have to stop and look it up. I *think* it is e.g. = example(s) and i.e. = ... shoot, I can't remember.  |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 11, 2014 23:44:26 GMT
I'm a nut about the incorrect use of the apostrophe. I own it.
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Post by Pahina722 on Aug 11, 2014 23:47:35 GMT
I have problems sometimes with words that I learned by reading, not hearing. The biggest one that gets me is "wholly." When I was a kid reading it, that looks like it should be pronounced "Wally," so I have to be careful when I'm speaking not to say it incorrectly.
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Post by brandy327 on Aug 12, 2014 1:12:55 GMT
I have problems sometimes with words that I learned by reading, not hearing. The biggest one that gets me is "wholly." When I was a kid reading it, that looks like it should be pronounced "Wally," so I have to be careful when I'm speaking not to say it incorrectly. Ugh, I do this too! My big one is debris. I remember saying it once like it's spelled even though I KNEW it was wrong. My dad gave me a hard time about that until he died. LOL I can't read or hear the word now without smiling thinking about him.  |
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Post by anxiousmom on Aug 12, 2014 1:37:44 GMT
I have problems sometimes with words that I learned by reading, not hearing. The biggest one that gets me is "wholly." When I was a kid reading it, that looks like it should be pronounced "Wally," so I have to be careful when I'm speaking not to say it incorrectly. Ugh, I do this too! My big one is debris. I remember saying it once like it's spelled even though I KNEW it was wrong. My dad gave me a hard time about that until he died. LOL I can't read or hear the word now without smiling thinking about him. I did that once with the word "emeritus" which when I read it in high school thought it was pronounced "E-mEtrius." Unfortunately, I made the mistake of saying it with all those long E sounds in front of a bunch of lawyers who all laughed at me. (I was an adult.) It was a bit humiliating. |
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Post by sharlag on Aug 12, 2014 1:40:22 GMT
...that you struggle with? I always try to spell words correctly and use grammar correctly but there are ones that no matter HOW many times I read the definitions of, I STILL have to look it up every single time. Affect/effect. I have to look it up every time I use it. Drives me crazy that I can't remember how to use it. LOL Mine is the same! |
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Post by sharlag on Aug 12, 2014 1:47:23 GMT
Ugh, I do this too! My big one is debris. I remember saying it once like it's spelled even though I KNEW it was wrong. My dad gave me a hard time about that until he died. LOL I can't read or hear the word now without smiling thinking about him. I did that once with the word "emeritus" which when I read it in high school thought it was pronounced "E-mEtrius." Unfortunately, I made the mistake of saying it with all those long E sounds in front of a bunch of lawyers who all laughed at me. (I was an adult.) It was a bit humiliating. I once told a group of people that I had had a miss-shape. |
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Post by AmeliaBloomer on Aug 12, 2014 1:50:39 GMT
1. I have to think EVERY time before I say: -prostate v. prostrate -cavalry v. Calvary 2. There are many words I use when I write, but hesitate before saying. Recent examples are "diaspora" and "detritus," but it happens all the time. I'm too damn lazy to look up the pronunciations - sometimes for years.  |
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Post by chances on Aug 12, 2014 2:03:05 GMT
I used to always have trouble with infrared in school. It is pronounced InFA Red right? Also, I cannot spell definitely correctly to save my soul |
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Post by tiffanytwisted on Aug 12, 2014 2:47:50 GMT
I used to always have trouble with infrared in school. It is pronounced InFA Red right? Also, I cannot spell definitely correctly to save my soul  I think it is supposed to be pronounced 'infrared', but most of us just end up leaving the first 'r' out. Like in February, lol. My spelling faux pas is 'months'. For YEARS I spelled it 'monthes' and was only corrected a few years ago! I think because 'clothes' has an 'es' on the end, I just always gave one to 'months'. |
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Post by gillyp on Aug 12, 2014 12:10:20 GMT
I might not know where my apostrophes go but I do say my Rs.  |
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Post by stephofalltrades on Aug 12, 2014 13:37:32 GMT
I can never remember when to use an apostrophe for its/it's. So I usually just don't since its one less character to type. Luckily firefox has a built in spell check, I get the ie/ei rule wrong fairly often as well as words with double letters like recommend. I grew up in rural WV and it really comes out when I'm mad. If I'm angry my grammar goes right out the window and the twang is in full force. I throw out dones and seens all over the place without even realizing it. DD gets on my all the time for it.  |
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Post by bdawnb on Aug 12, 2014 14:06:16 GMT
I have problems sometimes with words that I learned by reading, not hearing. The biggest one that gets me is "wholly." When I was a kid reading it, that looks like it should be pronounced "Wally," so I have to be careful when I'm speaking not to say it incorrectly.
Ugh! Me too! I "borrowed" my mothers's books when I was in elementary school to read and there were a LOT of words I learned incorrectly. When I read I still mentally hear "lingery" instead of "lingerie" And I thought you pronounced the "wh" in whore and felt so embarrassed for the first person I heard "mispronouncing" it. LOL
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Post by Deleted on Aug 12, 2014 14:08:54 GMT
You know that stomach and intestinal condition that makes you go to the bathroom 10 times in a day? I can't spell that right. It bugs me but I can't!
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Post by k8scraps on Aug 12, 2014 14:14:22 GMT
i.e. is easy to remember if you know it stands for 'id est'..........'that is'
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Post by sharlag on Aug 12, 2014 19:14:35 GMT
Chiropractor has no Q! it's not QUIROpractor!
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Post by finsup on Aug 12, 2014 19:28:15 GMT
As obvious as the difference is in my mind, when I speak the words "prescription" or "subscription" I inevitably spout one when I mean the other. I also can't say the word "hospitalization" quickly.
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Post by sharlag on Aug 12, 2014 19:37:12 GMT
As obvious as the difference is in my mind, when I speak the words "prescription" or "subscription" I inevitably spout one when I mean the other. I HAVE to think carefully before I use either of those. Also, I hear them in my head in Sean Connery's voice. |
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Post by bianca42 on Aug 12, 2014 19:37:18 GMT
There was a pea a long time ago named Seanna. In my mind, I always pronounced it See-ann-a. I've worked with a guy for the last 16 years named Sean...and I can manage to pronounce his name Shawn. I remember the light-bulb moment when I made the connection between the two names and realized that her name was pronounced Shawna.
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Post by anxiousmom on Aug 12, 2014 19:43:03 GMT
i.e. is easy to remember if you know it stands for 'id est'..........'that is' k8 YES! There is a trick of some sort to remember...something like e.g. is always examples and they both start with an e, and i.e. is something else. But of course, I can never remember the trick and then next thing I know I am googling to make sure I have it right. When I made my most recent resume I had them backwards. Fortunately, I had asked my mom to proofread and she is an absolute whiz at all things related to grammar and spelling and she caught my mistake before I sent any out. I am not sure that there are many of my other friends would have caught it. |
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Post by 61redhead on Aug 12, 2014 19:52:23 GMT
You only use an apostrophe with it when it is a contraction of "it is" or "it has":
It is cold outside = It's cold outside
It is a neutral pronoun, so the possessive form is "its". Just like the other pronouns -- his, hers, its, not his's, her's, it's.
Hope this helps!
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Post by finsup on Aug 12, 2014 19:56:28 GMT
As obvious as the difference is in my mind, when I speak the words "prescription" or "subscription" I inevitably spout one when I mean the other. I HAVE to think carefully before I use either of those. Also, I hear them in my head in Sean Connery's voice. Oh, yesh, I can definitely shee why that is. |
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Post by gmcwife1 on Aug 12, 2014 20:03:56 GMT
Dh has a fairly heavy NY accent that our 15 yr old picked up. So when we name our pets we have to be careful to not pick any names with R's in them. I had Kira on my short list but they strugged with it so we named our GSD Nita instead. As it is when dh is really tired he calls Koda Koder |
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Also, I struggle with pronouncing Philadelphia correctly, so usually just call it Philly. 
I'm not too bad with contractions but it's the possessive ones (I think!) that I struggle with. Having said that, I only found out after a few days that one of my staff had written Dummy's on a sign instead of dummies. Agghh.
