 For Authors: April 23, 2008 Issue [#2350] |
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Eye strike a key and type a word
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Weather eye am wrong oar write
It shows me strait a weigh.
As soon as a mist ache is maid
It nose bee fore two long
And eye can put the error rite
It's rare lea ever wrong.
Eye have run this poem threw it
Eye am shore your pleased two no
It's letter perfect awl the weigh
My checker tolled me sew.
Margo Roark.
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In the past week or so, I've stumbled across the some of the following misused. I say stumbled, because when these words are misused, it stops or trips up the reader or editor (heaven forbid!) who is reading what you've written.
accept/except
"Accept" means to to receive with consent."Except" means with the exclusion of. I accept this contract with all its provisions, except the one regarding never writing.
adverse/averse
"Adverse" means unfavorable. "Averse" means reluctant. I am averse to going on the trip under such adverse conditions.
ago/since
Both words speak of something in the past, but where "ago" brings us from the now into the past, "since: brings us forward to the now. I went on that trip forty years "ago". I haven't been back "since" high school graduation.
all right
not alright
around/about
"Around" should refer to a physical proximity or surrounding (I'll look for you around the front of Baker Hall). "About" indicates an approximation (Let's have lunch about 11:30 a.m.). In short, "around" is where; "about" is time.
between/among
Use "between" to show a relationship between two objects only.Use "among" when it's more than two.
complement/compliment
"Complement" is something that supplements. "Compliment" is praise or the expression of courtesy.
farther/further
"Farther" refers to physical distance. "Further" refers to an extension of time or degree.
historic/historical
"Historic" means important. "Historical" refers to any event in the past.
imply/infer
"Imply" means to suggest or indicate indirectly. To "infer" is to conclude or decide from something known or assumed.
irregardless/regardless
The word is "regardless." "Irregardless"? No such word.
its/it's
It is my hat; "It's" my hat. "Its" color is green. "It's" warm. Possessive here means no apostrophe.
lose/loose
"lose" means to To fail to win, or misplace. "loose" means Not fastened, restrained, or contained.
principal/principle
"Principal" as a noun is a chief person or thing; as an adjective, it means first in importance. "Principle" is a noun meaning a fundamental truth, doctrine or law; a guiding rule or code of conduct; a method of operation. Easy memory device here is that the 'principal' of your school is your 'pal.'
there/their/they're
"There" is "their" house, but 'they're" not home. "There" is a place, "their" is possessive and "they are or they're" is a contraction.
to/too/two
"Two" is a number and usually better to be spelled out rather than written as "2" as the general rule is to spell out words under 100. "To" is the most common word and generally used with an infinitive. It is going "to" snow today. It is also used directionally or to show movement in a certain direction. I am going "to" school. "Too" is used with adjectives and adverbs generally showing a sense of excess. It was "too" hot. It is also used as a sense of addition. I am going "too." The "two" of us were way "too" tired "to" stay up late.
toward/towards
"Toward" is correct. "Towards" is not.
your/you're/yore/ur
I see this over and over again. "You're" means you are. "Your" is possessive. Your car isn't in the driveway so I don't think you're home. "Yore" as in "days of" means in the past. And "ur" in anything outside of a text message is just wrong.
Following along with this list is the reminder: Spell checkers ONLY correct spellings of words. Because someone spell checks a piece of writing does not means there are no spelling errors, it just means that the words used are spelled correctly--not that the words used are the correct ones for any given sentence.
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lexjewlgia wrote:
Fyn, Details are important in writing. I think the exercise you provided is something that helps us see and recognize things we may miss. It's easy to look at something and not really see it. Thank you for the challenge and for the feature of my daughter's work and my work.
Thanks, Lexi
Lornda  wrote:
Thanks for the fun exercise in observation. I still can't find the footprint!
Thanks for highlighting my story, 'Rainbow Eyes'.
Some of the items were hard to spot, but they were all there!
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