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http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/errors.html#errors
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Have you ever spelled a word that just looked wrong, no matter how many times you spelled it?
It's happened to all of us at one point and time. For example: the words "a lot". Do you use it as
one word? "Alot". I've done it plenty of times.

Well, I did a quick google and found this great site, that has almost all the misused words or phrases.
Thought you might get a kick out of it. I thought it was extremely interesting.
It gives the right and wrong way of each word.

Example:
Wrong___CD-ROM disk

Right___CD-ROM

"CD-ROM" stands for "compact disc, read-only memory," so adding another "disc" or "disk" is redundant.
The same goes for "DVD" (from "Digital Video Disc" or "Digital Versatile Disc""—there are non-video versions).
Don’t say "give me that DVD disk," just "give me that DVD."

Common Errors


It also has a section on "What is said" and "What it meant".
My favorite is "Card Shark", since I like to play cards.
"If you're good at cards, you're not a "Card Shark", you are "Cardsharp". :)

Said, Meant


No wonder people get so up set (upset) on the internet. They meen (mean) one thing but wright (write) another. ;)
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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Thanks Z.  Fun (and useful) stuff.
Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I wonder if Jafo is behind that site? ... hmmm  :LOL:  ;) 
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Can I get a pack of Marlboro's in a box --- Can I get a box of Marlboro's
Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Jafo better not go to that site. He'll see all those misspelled words and have a nervous break down. :)
Reply #5 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Purposeful mispelling or misuse of common phrases is an art all its own.

Ginormous is a great example of 2 werds comically combined that gained a life of its own,almost to the point of actual acceptance as a real werd. :D 

Which reminds me of spelling rules...we need to rewrite them.If some idiot can screw with the alphabet on my keyboard,I should be able to spell how I wish.

WERD.......makes more sense than word and the keys are all close together.Just dont tell Zubaz I said that...he'll start thinking his ways iz right ways. ;) 
Reply #6 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Thanks Z interesting site.


Can I get a pack of Marlboro's in a box --- Can I get a box of Marlboro's
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Now don,t be thinking about those things. Remember you are trying to quit :CONGRAT: 

As she takes another drag off her cigarette :LOL:  I am sooo bad ;p 
Reply #7 from WinCustomize Forums Top
cease and decease ;)
Seize and desist
Sorry...that's - Caesar and de sister
Dammit...note-to-self...never go to mord-wixing sites. :D

Reply #8 from WinCustomize Forums Top
a lot = many
alot = grant or apportion

I'm guilty of doing things like this too. Especially when it comes to skin files. Specifically Xion. I'll say "the .xsf file", which is rather redundant since ".xsf" means "Xion Skin File". Didn't do that on this last one, though.
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ATM machine........   
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combination actually used at most bank's websites interestingly enough
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Oh....there are lots of cock-ups in common use....I certainly don't need to go to any other site...they're all here at one time or another....

fukricesake...it is NOT "definately" ...no matter how badly you Americans twang...there IS NO 'a'.

But for all those like DVD and CD-Rom ...etc.... there's 'LSD'...not 'LSD differential' ...[common error in motoring circles]....;)

Reply #12 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Two of my pet peeves...
(1) using 'then' when you mean 'than', and 'than' when you mean 'then' ..drives me nuts!
(2) PIN number = Personal Identification Number number
Reply #13 from WinCustomize Forums Top
My kids have taken to using "whenever" when they should be using "when".  Makes me nutty.  X-( 
Reply #14 from WinCustomize Forums Top
My kids have taken to using "whenever" when they should be using "when". Makes me nutty.
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Hehe... glad mine ared all growed and moveded out, then.... tho I hated it when they used to say: "whatever" when they shoulda bin saying: "Yes dad!" ;)

(2) PIN number = Personal Identification Number number
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Well I is imagined that you ared pet peeved plenty much, then... just about everybody I know uses number on the end of P.I.N.. ;)
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...it is NOT "definately" ...no matter how badly you Americans twang...there IS NO 'a'
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easy buddy. Not all Americans have bad grammer and poor pronunciation. My mother was an English teacher and taught her children the value of good grammer.

It's funny though. Everyone pronounces it 'definitely', and then they spell it 'definately'. How odd.......
Reply #16 from WinCustomize Forums Top
The one I see most often is the confusion between "it's" and "its".

"It's" is a contraction between the words it is or it has.
"Its" is the possessive form of it.

That screws a lot of people up. In the English language, adding the 's to the end of a word usually determines ownership (possession). However, this is not the case with the word it.

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Ginormous is a great example of 2 werds comically combined that gained a life of its own,almost to the point of actual acceptance as a real werd.
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Hugeganic is also good, although it should probably be hyphenated (huge-ganic). I've only heard that word when I lived in Minnesota, so it might be a regional thing.
Reply #18 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Another example: bated breath

I see people spell it baited. We're not fishing, people. It's bated, not baited.....
Reply #19 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Can I get a pack of Marlboro's in a box --- Can I get a box of Marlboro's
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V I thought you were quitting?!  ;) 

You can get a pack or a box of nicorette gum instead!   :LOL: 

How's that battle going thus far?
Reply #20 from WinCustomize Forums Top
(2) PIN number = Personal Identification Number number


Well I is imagined that you ared pet peeved plenty much, then... just about everybody I know uses number on the end of P.I.N..
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Yeah, even my bank used to asked for my 'PIN number' with checking the account status on the phone (automated)...... thankfully, they finally stopped.

Another is Hot Water Heater. When I hear someone say that, I ask them, "why do you need to heat HOT water?" ;P

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Another is Hot Water Heater. When I hear someone say that, I ask them, "why do you need to heat HOT water?"
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I know what you mean... it has always been a plain and simple 'hot water supply' to me.

Strange, isn't it... just how many redundant words people frequently use in every day conversation. I'm sorta wondering if fines were applied to them, whether or not it would help drastically reduce global warming... being there'd be that much less hot air. ;)
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How about...

De-Thawing something... wouldn't that be refreezing it?
NIC Card - Network Interface Card Card
Reply #23 from WinCustomize Forums Top
One that I hear quite often during my job as an Engineer:

"Plug socket", referring to a mains outlet.

What else could possibly fit into a socket but a plug? The redundant word in this case also adds no clue or detail as to what the intended use of the socket is...

Just recalled another that really annoys me:

"Pacific" when people mean "specific". The word "pacific" means "peaceful"....
Reply #24 from WinCustomize Forums Top
The word "pacific" means "peaceful"....
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Or the ocean... ;p 

Reply #25 from WinCustomize Forums Top
The word "pacific" means "peaceful"....


Or the ocean...  

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Indeed, the ocean was named after the word - upon discovering it, Ferdinand Magellan decided the ocean was calm and peaceful compared to the South Atlantic.

Note to self: must get out more....

 :d  ;)  :LOL: