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The spelling is always confusing. I learned to remember that stationery and letter both have e's....to write a letter you use stationery.
If you are stAnding still....you are stationary.
Right? Tell me if it is.
There are so many cute, cute, cute stationery boxes in the gallery for me to CASE, but I just couldn't help but notice the spelling is off. At least I think it is....:confused:
you read my mind, jody!! i just "vented" to a few of my friends about this yesterday!! glad i wasn't the only one that noticed. and you are right about which is which. i will have to remember your little analogy when it's time for my kids to learn the different meanings and spellings. our english language...go figure!!
When a card or a technique catches your eye, the word to use is piqued.....
Your cute card piqued my interest. The colors in her scarf piqued my attention -- looked like Cool Caribbean and Groovy Guava.
Although it sounds just the same, the word peaked is used for measurements.....
The river level peaked at 6 inches below flood stage. My bowling score peaked at 150 -- couldn't go any higher.
When a card or a technique catches your eye, the word to use is piqued.....
Your cute card piqued my interest. The colors in her scarf piqued my attention -- looked like Cool Caribbean and Groovy Guava.
Although it sounds just the same, the word peaked is used for measurements.....
The river level peaked at 6 inches below flood stage. My bowling score peaked at 150 -- couldn't go any higher.
and then there's PEEK, as in take a peek at my (interesting phrase inserted here)!! haha!! this could be a fun little game!
Heh, heh! I remember:
In a fit of pique, she ran to the top of the peak to take a peek at the other side.
I do have to admit that I'm a *leetle beet* a- about it!
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I've only just re-read my Penguin book of Punctuation to reassure myself that I (mostly) put my apostrophes where they should be. Which reminds me that there are an awful lot of penquins around - do they come in families of 5 juniors and 2 parents?? To be fair, it may not be here that I mostly encounter them. But it can't be a typo, q is nowhere near g.
*temporary hijack*
asuncionshija, I love the saying about your gallery in your siggy, it *piqued* my attention!
Okay, back to the English lesson!
Hey thanks! *I* thought I was being clever... glad someone else does too!
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The book "Painless Grammar" is written in a fun and easy manner to help you remember some of these. I actually bought it for my children way back in grade school, but kept it. (bwa ha ha)
So what's an easy way for people to remember that it's copyRIGHT and NOT copywrite? Hmmm, because it has to do with your RIGHTS??
I'm a word nerd but I'm usually okay about letting mistakes not bug me here. I'm not so good with it in professional publications though. Those people are supposed to know better!
__________________ Kathy Wrose "Fun must be always." - Tomas Hertl, San Jose Sharks "It was fun." - Kirk, Star Trek: Generations
I often see people write that they POUR over a book or letter - and being a somewhat visual person, I wonder what they are pouring over the thing and just how wet is it getting??
;)
So in that case it's pore, same as skin pores. LOL No wonder this language is so confusing!
__________________ Kathy Wrose "Fun must be always." - Tomas Hertl, San Jose Sharks "It was fun." - Kirk, Star Trek: Generations
I'm a proofreader. I have to switch off that bit of my brain when I'm online most of the time!
I was taught to remember envelope/stationery.
You will see me write 'colour' rather than 'color' but that's because I'm British and that's the standard spelling here. If I tried to change my spelling and vocabulary according to whether I'm here on Splitcoast or on one of my UK haunts, I'd end up very confused!
Seeing the phrase "Sneak peaks" always makes me giggle, I'm afraid - mountains are not typically sneaky, are they :lol:
This has been very informative. I was a secretary for many years, and had excellent spelling and grammar skills. Two years ago, I had a brief episode of amnesia. I recovered quickly, but find that I've forgotten how to spell many words, and some of the rules of grammar. I have a dictionary next to me, but sometimes I don't realize that I'm not spelling words correctly. This thread refreshed my memory on some tricky words.
Keep it going, please. Eileen
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I'm a word nerd but I'm usually okay about letting mistakes not bug me here. I'm not so good with it in professional publications though. Those people are supposed to know better!
Amen, sister! I taught college English for five years and know how easy it is for anyone (even word geeks!) to make a mistake. I also worked as a proofreader for years, so I know how hard it is to ferret out every little mistake--even the ones staring you in the face. That's why errors in casual writing on forums never bother me. But give me a newspaper, brochure, magazine, book, or professional website riddled with errors, and watch my blood pressure rise (not raise or raze!).
*holds hands up* I never could spell and to complicate things have spent many years typing English in England. I find that if I know I am replying to someone in England I type in English and if I am replying to someone elsewhere in the world I type in American English - work that one out!:lol:
Just a giggle - we are in the US now and my children get marks off their papers for spelling in English rather than American, both are correct one is just the more accepted version in a particular locale.:rolleyes:
I always have to make an effort not to start spelling American style when posting here - fiber, color, center and so on. I try to remember to *translate* words that might need it, though.
I enjoy the mis-spellings; much better to be entertained by them than annoyed.
I spotted someone buying organic meet and vedge on her blog recently. I don't know whether it's harder to understand the meat or the veg. And blogs and forums are casual - it's errors in what is meant to be good well-considered and edited writing that do annoy me.
I always have to make an effort not to start spelling American style when posting here - fiber, color, center and so on. I try to remember to *translate* words that might need it, though.
I enjoy the mis-spellings; much better to be entertained by them than annoyed.
I spotted someone buying organic meet and vedge on her blog recently. I don't know whether it's harder to understand the meat or the veg. And blogs and forums are casual - it's errors in what is meant to be good well-considered and edited writing that do annoy me.
and don't get me started on the "s" v "z" - I've tended to go off "z" in place of "s" it makes a word look harsh to me :confused:
Amen, sister! I taught college English for five years and know how easy it is for anyone (even word geeks!) to make a mistake. I also worked as a proofreader for years, so I know how hard it is to ferret out every little mistake--even the ones staring you in the face. That's why errors in casual writing on forums never bother me. But give me a newspaper, brochure, magazine, book, or professional website riddled with errors, and watch my blood pressure rise (not raise or raze!).
I've actually dropped some professional newsletters because they were so riddled with mistakes.
One of my bosses (way back when I was a secretary) knew I was a good proofreader. So he proudly brought me a one page "ad" he'd put together for a conference. (I was working in an engineering dept. of a college.) He said he'd had "everyone" check it for errors, and felt very confident I would not find any.
In column two, there was a summary box. One line had the word "the" at the end of it, and the next line repeated the word "the."
He was flabbergasted. Nobody else had caught it. I was so proud. LOL
__________________ Kathy Wrose "Fun must be always." - Tomas Hertl, San Jose Sharks "It was fun." - Kirk, Star Trek: Generations
I've actually dropped some professional newsletters because they were so riddled with mistakes.
One of my bosses (way back when I was a secretary) knew I was a good proofreader. So he proudly brought me a one page "ad" he'd put together for a conference. (I was working in an engineering dept. of a college.) He said he'd had "everyone" check it for errors, and felt very confident I would not find any.
In column two, there was a summary box. One line had the word "the" at the end of it, and the next line repeated the word "the."
He was flabbergasted. Nobody else had caught it. I was so proud. LOL
LOL! What a great catch! Isn't it wonderful when you see those pesky things? When I was an undergraduate intern, I caught a typo on the copyright page of South Atlantic Quarterly: would was spelled woud. The staff was still talking about it two years later.
I can't bring myself to buy stamps that have punctuation, grammar, or spelling errors because I know I would never use them anyway. I don't want people thinking I could make a mistake!
Are lokal snookar klub haz a sine that reeds
"new members wellcome"
(He He! - well that's how they would obviously write it! - The sign cracks me up every time I pass it as it's a professionally made sign. You would assume that one of the requirements to be a sign-writer would be the ability to spell!!!)
I've actually dropped some professional newsletters because they were so riddled with mistakes.
One of my bosses (way back when I was a secretary) knew I was a good proofreader. So he proudly brought me a one page "ad" he'd put together for a conference. (I was working in an engineering dept. of a college.) He said he'd had "everyone" check it for errors, and felt very confident I would not find any.
In column two, there was a summary box. One line had the word "the" at the end of it, and the next line repeated the word "the."
He was flabbergasted. Nobody else had caught it. I was so proud. LOL
When I was a trainee reporter I was given something to proofread, which the editor was proofing at the same time. The idea was to compare notes at the end. Actually, in retrospect, the idea was to prove how superior he was to little old me. :rolleyes:
Anyway, confession time. I just happened to glance across at what he was doing and noticed that he'd corrected a "neither... or" (should be "neither... nor") so I quickly marked my copy too. Afterwards he said he was really impressed that I'd spotted that error! :oops: I never told him.
I'd like to think I'd spot it now... but I'm sometimes ashamed at what slips through. How come it's so much easier to see the typos when the paper's in print?
DH and I used to do a school newsletter for the kids' grade school. Despite all our efforts, generally one little error would slip through. Out of 12 pages, that wasn't too bad.
The newsletter we cancelled was a paid item, and had more than one on every single page. I couldn't take it. LOL
__________________ Kathy Wrose "Fun must be always." - Tomas Hertl, San Jose Sharks "It was fun." - Kirk, Star Trek: Generations
'Voila' is French to describe an object appearing as if by magic. 'Wallah' is phonetic nonsense.
... and "viola" is a stringed instrument! ;)
I give all the credit to my second grade teacher for my ability to use those pesky homophones correctly. We spent over a month on a MONSTER spelling list that included every single one of those little buggers, but I haven't misused one since I was seven -- thank you, Mrs. Lintner!
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Ooooh, walla (and every stupid variation) makes me see red! I admit, if I see that on a blog - even a favorite - I won't return. Maybe it's supposed to be cute??
Another thing that really sends me is when content errors slip through. You know, early in the book our hero has blond hair... then suddenly he has black hair for a page or two. Yikes!
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Ooooh, walla (and every stupid variation) makes me see red! I admit, if I see that on a blog - even a favorite - I won't return. Maybe it's supposed to be cute??
Another thing that really sends me is when content errors slip through. You know, early in the book our hero has blond hair... then suddenly he has black hair for a page or two. Yikes!
Do you remember Brenda Starr? The lady reporter in the funny pages? Basil, her mystery man, vanished for a while and returned with his patch on the other eye.
I think 'wallah' showed up because folks couldn't spell (or correctly say) 'voila' and didn't want to type 'poof' or 'like magic.' It has spread because people think it is right and they can remember it.
Sorry OP, we've digressed a bit! I keep seeing one in the stamping section of UK eBay at the moment - somebody is offering stamped images of 'sort after' stamps. Arghhh!
Here's another little spelling memory trick for desert and dessert....dessert has two S's because you always want more!
Another common miss-spelling is of the word secretary. I tell kids that a secretary keeps secrets.
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I was going to post this because I see it EVERYWHERE.... otherwise great spellers use loose all the time - "What have you got to loose" HUH???
Lose= to misplace something
Loose = not tight
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I can't bring myself to buy stamps that have punctuation, grammar, or spelling errors because I know I would never use them anyway. I don't want people thinking I could make a mistake!
Ooh..I agree!
My biggest annoyance is the use of 's for plurals: The Anderson's.
What? The Anderson owns something?
Drives me CRAZY!
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