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Why People Spell Things Wrong

Many people spell things wrong because they are careless. Other people spell things wrong because they don’t know how to spell it. But they are still spelling errors. You can’t rely on your “autocorrect” to save you. Especially if you are writing on paper, you don’t even have autocorrect. You probably should take your time to spell things right. For example, the difference between “there,” “their,” or “they’re” are all commonly misspelled and confused words.

Facts About Spelling

  • You can spell out all the numbers from 1 to 99 without using the letter A.
  • More words in English begin with an S than with any other letter.
  • Uruguay is the only country that has the same letter three times in its first five letters.
  • The word ‘misspell’ recently featured in a list of the 100 most frequently misspelled words.
  • ‘Uncopyrightable’ and ‘dermatoglyphics’ (the study of handwriting) are the longest English words in which no letter appears twice.

Frequently Misspelled or Confused Words

  • Their, there and they’re         
  • To, too, and two
  • For and four
  • Fined and find
  • Mined and mind
  • Flower and flour
  • Your and you’re
  • Loan and lone
  • Pair, pare and pear
  • It’s and its
  • Affect and effect
  • Who and whom
  • Than and then
  • Accept and except

Why You Should Spell Things the Correct Way

In reality, people don’t care about spelling and grammar. But it is important for tests; for anything. You should probably learn how to spell and use grammar the correct way, not to just impress your English teacher, but to use it in everyday life. You could be submitting your resumé, tweeting on Twitter, telling your crush that you like them; all of these require spelling skills and knowledge of good grammar. You don’t want to mess up, do you?

Tips on How to Use Good Grammar and Spelling Skills in Everyday Life

  • Take your time; no one is judging on how fast you are.
  • Accuracy is key
  • Double check and triple check to see if it looks right.
  • Check with at least 3 friends; the ask 3 before me rule.
  • Try spelling it a couple different ways and see which one you think is the best.
  • Sound it out; does it sound right?
  • Use syllables; it may help you divide the spelling into different parts so you can spell it right.
  • Your dinner vs. you’re dinner: one leaves you nourished, the other leaves you dead. Correct grammar: it saves lives.

Works Cited

Rudling, Joanne. “Fun Facts about Spelling.” How to Spell, howtospell.co.uk/spelling-tip-7.

Person. “Top Ten Facts about Spelling.” Express.co.uk, Express.co.uk, 5 Mar. 2013, www.express.co.uk/life-style/top10facts/381774/Top-ten-facts-about-spelling.