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Titaniumman
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"definately"
I have a good friend who is very intelligent and talented. She is bi-lingual, computer literate, plays six & twelve string guitar, keyboard, harp, mandolin, and several wind instruments. She's also pretty, and has the greatest singing voice you've ever heard.
We correspond by email frequently. I noticed some time back that she uses the word defin<u>a</u>tely in her emails while I spell it defin<u>i</u>tely, so I looked it up. There is no such word as definately.
I have therefore been kind of observant of this misspelling. I have noticed it appears frequently on this page. When I saw it on the above post, I decided to do a search on definately, especially since I am big on doing searches. The search showed that Sonny has made eleven posts with the word, and some seven other posters here use the word, some with as many as four posts with it.
Interestingly, nobody ever spells definate.
Now, I'm really not trying to correct anybody. I have my share of grammatical errors and misspelled words, although I try to minimize them. I may have even written definately somewhere in the past.
I just thought that since it is so recurrent, you might want to know. (It also allows me to test the water here in deciding whether to tell my friend since she's kind of sensitive.)
I have a good friend who is very intelligent and talented. She is bi-lingual, computer literate, plays six & twelve string guitar, keyboard, harp, mandolin, and several wind instruments. She's also pretty, and has the greatest singing voice you've ever heard.
We correspond by email frequently. I noticed some time back that she uses the word defin<u>a</u>tely in her emails while I spell it defin<u>i</u>tely, so I looked it up. There is no such word as definately.
I have therefore been kind of observant of this misspelling. I have noticed it appears frequently on this page. When I saw it on the above post, I decided to do a search on definately, especially since I am big on doing searches. The search showed that Sonny has made eleven posts with the word, and some seven other posters here use the word, some with as many as four posts with it.
Interestingly, nobody ever spells definate.
Now, I'm really not trying to correct anybody. I have my share of grammatical errors and misspelled words, although I try to minimize them. I may have even written definately somewhere in the past.
I just thought that since it is so recurrent, you might want to know. (It also allows me to test the water here in deciding whether to tell my friend since she's kind of sensitive.)
Grammatical pet peeves
These are the most common...
(in)finite -- not (in)finate
(in)dependent -- not (in)dependant
definitely -- not definately (see (in)finite above)
a lot -- not alot (though allot is a word)
no one -- not noone or no-one
However, netiquitte provides that we should be tolerant of grammatical errors, mispellings, and abuse of shorthand. In email from my students at UCSB, I am rather fierce about such matters (since, after all, they are college students). But online, I think we owe a huge amount of grace to the message.
--Mayor
These are the most common...
(in)finite -- not (in)finate
(in)dependent -- not (in)dependant
definitely -- not definately (see (in)finite above)
a lot -- not alot (though allot is a word)
no one -- not noone or no-one
However, netiquitte provides that we should be tolerant of grammatical errors, mispellings, and abuse of shorthand. In email from my students at UCSB, I am rather fierce about such matters (since, after all, they are college students). But online, I think we owe a huge amount of grace to the message.
--Mayor
gorilla player
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Another common misspelling...
"Rediculous". Correct is "ridiculous" but I see the former far more than the latter, everywhere...
"Rediculous". Correct is "ridiculous" but I see the former far more than the latter, everywhere...
misspellings
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
I am so tired of obvious misspellings and typos on the web. I am delighted to see someone finally correcting someone else on their use of the language of Shakespeare and Milton. Speaking of "their", the misspelling of that one is one of my pet peeves.
Keep it up!
oldnewbie
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
I am so tired of obvious misspellings and typos on the web. I am delighted to see someone finally correcting someone else on their use of the language of Shakespeare and Milton. Speaking of "their", the misspelling of that one is one of my pet peeves.
Keep it up!
oldnewbie
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