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Poll: Spelling Pet Peeves - I will go first (sm)

Posted: Sep 24, 2010

These drive me nuts when I see them!

"I could care less" ... WRONG! It is "I could not/couldn't care less" -- In other words, there is no more "caring" left! LOL

Rediculous ... WRONG! It is "ridiculous."

Pleural when "plural" is needed!

You're vs your. You're stands for "you are"! Your is a possessive!

Ok. Your turn!

ok - now me

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I cannot loose this job.

I'm looking for advise on whether I should apply.

Their goes my paycheck.

My turn - lyn

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using the word loose for lose

another is using verses instead of versus

How about..... - ceedee

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irregardless!!??

Reoccurred instead of recurred - RoadRunnerMT

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My turn - nn

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I hate when apostrophes are placed before each and every "s", as in "pancake's will be served" or "All computer's on sale!"

My biggest peeve... ALOT - It is 2 words people!

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or, conversating!!! That one just really makes the hair on the back of my neck stand up.

Me and my friend were conversating, and UGGGGGHHHHHHH I want to stab myself in the eye!!!

Your/You're. Loose/lose. Its/It's. nm - My top 3

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nm

Definately instead of definitely. - nm

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One biggie - MT

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Syncopizing, when the patient is NOT a musician.

Mine are teeny tiny ones that I don't think anyone else listed. - Backwards Typist

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Their instead of there.

Hear instead of here.

Others I know cannot be listed on this board. ;-)

(In pet ads): "Spaded" for spayed; "purebread" - for purebred. BYBs, for sure!

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Newspaper ad for a scarlet "McCall" instead of - macaw! lol no msg

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nm

How about... - earlymusicus

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using "of" in place of "have" as in "He could of come to the party."

Not necessarily spelling, but to see Dr. So and so MD - makes me CRAZY

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nm

Pet peeves - N/A

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The wound is oozing puss!!!!! Where is that cat coming from the wound!!! Puss instead of pus-- my bigest also the baby is in breach position. Did the baby breach a contract in the womb!!!! breach instead of breech!!!!

I have put puss before in office - sm

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I just to work in a doctor's office. I had someone say they had pus under their toe. I accidentally put puss on their encounter form. The doctor walked out of the patient's room in the middle of the office visit and asked me how the puss got up under the patient's toe. A very embarrassing moment in front of coworkers and patient's since I was in the front office. Needless to say, I pretty good now at remembering how to spell pus!

Sooo many! Weather/whether and sort/sought really grate though - s/m

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I see so many real estate ads for houses in a "sort after location". Drives me insane!

Sense and since. nm - RoadRunnerMT

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BRANG!!! - no1joe

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My ex-husband would say, for example, "I brang my lunch to work today." I didn't even realize he did it until well into our relationship. Who's the bigger moron... him or me for marrying him??!?

Others that drive me nuts are regard/regards and spilt as in "Don't cry over spilt milk." Ugh... just typing that out makes me nuts >:|

Not a spelling peeve, though I hate it when people say - death instead of deaf or vice versa

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My ex-husband always used to say that his father was death when he meant deaf. And others I see on TV will say deaf for death or birfday for birthday. Drives me nuts!

My FIL cracks me up though when he says Mitsubishi. It always comes out Mitsubitchie.

How about "breaf" for breath......argh like nails on a chalkboard....n/m - Kiki1

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x

Or Wal-Marks or Wal-Marts instead of Wal-Mart! LOL - Wearing overhauls instead of overalls. LOL

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nm

How about "I axed him to go with me". - nm

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nm

"Patient has got pain"... - anon

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The use of "got" and "gotten" drives me nuts for some reason. It just doesn't seem right to me, no matter how many times someone wants to preach participle rules to me, LOL.

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