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Re: 20 Incredibly Simple Words That Most People Spell Wrongly! by forkadict(m): 10:23am On Jun 11, 2015
Wrong - erec.tion

Right - Attention.

According to Seun's English
Re: 20 Incredibly Simple Words That Most People Spell Wrongly! by iyknaz(m): 10:24am On Jun 11, 2015
Inkman:
This is the most common on nl--

Wrong= loose
Correct= lose
They are both correct. Loose means untying, while Lose means something going out of ur possession.
Re: 20 Incredibly Simple Words That Most People Spell Wrongly! by fuelsaver: 10:25am On Jun 11, 2015
Akorede612:
Time for a spelling bee! Let's
see how well you do. If you realize you actually
misspell all the 20 English words below, don't
sweat it too much, you are in good company.
Ernest Hemingway, Winston Churchill, Jane Austen
and John Keats were all notoriously terrible
spellers!

1. Wrong: Embarass
Correct: Embarrass

2. Wrong: Writting
Correct: Writing

3. Wrong: Accomodate
Correct: Accommodate

4. Wrong: Seperate
Correct: Separate

5. Wrong: Alot
Correct: A lot

6. Wrong: Truely
Correct: Truly

7. Wrong: Tommorow/ Tommorrow
Correct: Tomorrow

8. Wrong: Definately
Correct: Definitely

9. Wrong: Mispell
Correct: Misspell

10. Wrong: Alright(this may be allowed)
Correct: All right

11. Wrong: Maintainance
Correct: Maintenance

12. Wrong: Recieve
Correct: Receive

13. Wrong: Occassion/ Occassion/
Correct: Occasion

14. Wrong: Occurence
Correct: Occurrence

15. Wrong: Momento
Correct: Memento

16. Wrong: Priviledge
Correct: Privilege

17. Wrong: Miniscule
Correct: minuscule

18. Wrong: Neccessary
Correct: Necessary

19. Wrong: Pronounciation
Correct: Pronunciation

20. Wrong: Wierd
Correct: Weird.

The good thing about the smart phones we have
now is that they all come with dictionaries pre-
installed, if you are not sure of a spelling, simply
type it out on your phone and let it correct it for
you!

And please, don't get too attached to chating abbreviations because you may unconsciously use them when writing an examination or formal write-up.

Feel free to share your views and add yours!

wrong - Beleive
correct - Believe
Re: 20 Incredibly Simple Words That Most People Spell Wrongly! by Nobody: 10:28am On Jun 11, 2015
Receive, Believe and Deceive are always confusing. Goddammit! angry
Re: 20 Incredibly Simple Words That Most People Spell Wrongly! by femoDee: 10:29am On Jun 11, 2015
jejemanito:
And i bet he is from Daura grin
And what does that suppose to mean mind your tongue
Re: 20 Incredibly Simple Words That Most People Spell Wrongly! by bizmania(m): 10:30am On Jun 11, 2015
shamsuRana:

Right:convertible
Wrong: convertable

Right: floccinaucinhilipilification
Wrong : ..... I de come

ok... dictionary.com subscriber huh?
Re: 20 Incredibly Simple Words That Most People Spell Wrongly! by AnneMomoh: 10:34am On Jun 11, 2015
DjHypno:
k

Kermit?
Re: 20 Incredibly Simple Words That Most People Spell Wrongly! by Penssuwa(m): 10:35am On Jun 11, 2015
herald9:
you don't CRACK your brain.... You RACK your brain grin
You might be wrong bro. Do you know if he wanted to use hammer on his head?
Re: 20 Incredibly Simple Words That Most People Spell Wrongly! by DjHypno(m): 10:37am On Jun 11, 2015
AnneMomoh:


Kermit?
Anne Momoh you're looking for trouble O.
Re: 20 Incredibly Simple Words That Most People Spell Wrongly! by kingklaus(m): 10:38am On Jun 11, 2015
Wrong: osibanjo/osunbade
Right: osinbajo

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Re: 20 Incredibly Simple Words That Most People Spell Wrongly! by royal231(m): 10:41am On Jun 11, 2015
Wrong... dinning table


Right....... dining table
Re: 20 Incredibly Simple Words That Most People Spell Wrongly! by 15thMonica: 10:42am On Jun 11, 2015
niytej:





Puss y = wrong

Pussy = correct tongue
undecided what is kitty-cart?

puss Y we know tongue

**blameNL word filter...
Re: 20 Incredibly Simple Words That Most People Spell Wrongly! by teegrams(m): 10:44am On Jun 11, 2015
Common .....wrong
Come on ..... Right
Re: 20 Incredibly Simple Words That Most People Spell Wrongly! by Nobody: 10:55am On Jun 11, 2015
GUAGE=WRONG
GAUGE=RIGHT

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Re: 20 Incredibly Simple Words That Most People Spell Wrongly! by adenine02: 10:59am On Jun 11, 2015
This y I hate english
I fink it should be spelled inglish
How can u misspell missspell
Re: 20 Incredibly Simple Words That Most People Spell Wrongly! by dajoaneke(m): 10:59am On Jun 11, 2015
Heeyhun:
I'm particularly guilty of receive. Its so confusing
And some others
General rule: 'I' comes before 'E' except after 'C'
Re: 20 Incredibly Simple Words That Most People Spell Wrongly! by Hero10001: 11:01am On Jun 11, 2015
Youngsage:
Most people, not me. Nice topic though.

BTW, who told you smartphones come with preinstalled dictionaries
stay away from chinko phones. Correct smartphones got preinstalled dickos.

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Re: 20 Incredibly Simple Words That Most People Spell Wrongly! by Originalsly: 11:05am On Jun 11, 2015
loose instead of lose.
Am instead of I'm.
Re: 20 Incredibly Simple Words That Most People Spell Wrongly! by herald9: 11:16am On Jun 11, 2015
Penssuwa:

You might be wrong bro. Do you know if he wanted to use hammer on his head?
hehehe we thought as much.... That's why you're seeing all these quick intervention squad correcting him grin

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Re: 20 Incredibly Simple Words That Most People Spell Wrongly! by Oluwaplumpie(m): 11:34am On Jun 11, 2015
Pineapp:
Wrong= CD


Right= Condom.
Lmao! Mpama ka I bu, guy.
Re: 20 Incredibly Simple Words That Most People Spell Wrongly! by damilareoye: 11:34am On Jun 11, 2015
guilty of some
meanwhile, android pre installed dictionary is rendering me more lazy
Re: 20 Incredibly Simple Words That Most People Spell Wrongly! by damilareoye: 11:35am On Jun 11, 2015
guilty of some meanwhile, android pre installed dictionary is rendering me more lazy
Re: 20 Incredibly Simple Words That Most People Spell Wrongly! by lekzzydo(m): 11:37am On Jun 11, 2015
seedorfg:
wrong= clueless, right =cluelessness

Don't teach people nonsense


BTW.....wrong = one
Right. = okan

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Re: 20 Incredibly Simple Words That Most People Spell Wrongly! by Inkman(m): 11:44am On Jun 11, 2015
Abbey2sam:


both words are correct , what's your point?

loose = to unfasten something or unscrew a nut

lose = when you don't have something you use to have

'Loose' is always used for 'lose'

Same as 'there' used in place of 'their'

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Re: 20 Incredibly Simple Words That Most People Spell Wrongly! by wisdompraise(m): 12:04pm On Jun 11, 2015
Akorede612:
Time for a spelling bee! Let's
see how well you do. If you realize you actually
misspell all the 20 English words below, don't
sweat it too much, you are in good company.
Ernest Hemingway, Winston Churchill, Jane Austen
and John Keats were all notoriously terrible
spellers!

1. Wrong: Embarass
Correct: Embarrass

2. Wrong: Writting
Correct: Writing

3. Wrong: Accomodate
Correct: Accommodate

4. Wrong: Seperate
Correct: Separate

5. Wrong: Alot
Correct: A lot

6. Wrong: Truely
Correct: Truly

7. Wrong: Tommorow/ Tommorrow
Correct: Tomorrow

8. Wrong: Definately
Correct: Definitely

9. Wrong: Mispell
Correct: Misspell

10. Wrong: Alright(this may be allowed)
Correct: All right

11. Wrong: Maintainance
Correct: Maintenance

12. Wrong: Recieve
Correct: Receive

13. Wrong: Occassion/ Occassion/
Correct: Occasion

14. Wrong: Occurence
Correct: Occurrence

15. Wrong: Momento
Correct: Memento

16. Wrong: Priviledge
Correct: Privilege

17. Wrong: Miniscule
Correct: minuscule

18. Wrong: Neccessary
Correct: Necessary

19. Wrong: Pronounciation
Correct: Pronunciation

20. Wrong: Wierd
Correct: Weird.

The good thing about the smart phones we have
now is that they all come with dictionaries pre-
installed, if you are not sure of a spelling, simply
type it out on your phone and let it correct it for
you!

And please, don't get too attached to chating abbreviations because you may unconsciously use them when writing an examination or formal write-up.

Feel free to share your views and add yours!

21, wrong= How do you do? Answer: Fine thank you.
Right= How do you do? Answer: how do you do too.

Note: how do you do too is answer to how do you do. Fine thank you is response to how are you?
Re: 20 Incredibly Simple Words That Most People Spell Wrongly! by Gemc3(f): 12:11pm On Jun 11, 2015
Lilimax:
I never knew it's an English word.
It may be the longest English word with 29 alphabets smiley

I wonder what the longest word would be if flipdjlmjfsjklmgjkfsv(whatever) isn't.

The meaning is so simple but the word's crazy!
Re: 20 Incredibly Simple Words That Most People Spell Wrongly! by Jabia(m): 12:17pm On Jun 11, 2015
shamsuRana:


Am even laughing at ur unawareness
Must be mis understanding... Abi abject ignorance...
I de laff abeg..bros.

I'm, or "I am".
Re: 20 Incredibly Simple Words That Most People Spell Wrongly! by rill: 12:55pm On Jun 11, 2015
Wrong--- joystick
Right--- prick
Re: 20 Incredibly Simple Words That Most People Spell Wrongly! by Khaytunechi: 1:01pm On Jun 11, 2015
Heeyhun:
I'm particularly guilty of receive. Its so confusing
And some others


the ground rule is; 'I' comes BEFORE 'E' ,, except AFTER 'C'..
.
.

that means,, in most spellings,, letter 'I' should come before letter 'E',, as in bel'IE've..
.
.
but the EXCEPTion is in cases of spellings where letter 'C' precedes both,, then the ground rule changes- letter 'E' comes before 'I'.. As in recEIpt..
.
.
summary>>

*ground rule* >> (always) I before E.
.
.

*exceptions* (in cases of letter C only) E before I..
Re: 20 Incredibly Simple Words That Most People Spell Wrongly! by henryskywalker2003(m): 1:30pm On Jun 11, 2015
No 17 are both correct.
Re: 20 Incredibly Simple Words That Most People Spell Wrongly! by Kingsasian(m): 1:45pm On Jun 11, 2015
I don't need my phone to check my spellings. I am already good at spellings.
Re: 20 Incredibly Simple Words That Most People Spell Wrongly! by okeyben10: 2:13pm On Jun 11, 2015
wow shocked shocked shocked
tuale boss
shamsuRana:


Am even laughing at ur unawareness
Must be mis understanding... Abi abject ignorance...
I de laff abeg..bros.

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