Words most often misspelled.

[Juan Albion]

alot

It's a one letter word and a three letter word - it shouldn't be too difficult. Just remind yourself that just as you wouldn’t write “alittle” you shouldn’t write “alot.”

 

[Juan Albion]

Oh, and "Shaaban" not "Shabaan"

 

[Blackadder]

Ridiculous

not

Rediculous.

 

[swiss tony]

It's amazing how many letters I have received asking me to "bare with them" while they look into my query. An invitation to flash?

It should of course be "bear".

 

[Exmouth Seagull]

I never have any trubel with my speeling.

 

[Bwian]

I never have any trubel with my speeling.

Me niether becouse I'ma proffesional spellar

 

[Gwylan]

Our very own Cypriot U-21 international - it's Nicolas (not Nicholas).

And it's Attila not Atilla.

Just thought - no-one's mentioned its and it's yet. That's got to be the most common howler on here.

 

[kalinski]

lose is always spelt loose by the kids at my school

 

[Gwylan]

Just seen another common one on the Film Club thread - it's shoo-in not shoe-in.

 

[Le Premier Cru]

dyslexia

 

[Bwian]

And it's 'should have, could have, would have' NOT 'should of, could of, would of'...

It's and its: IT'S not TOO difficult TO remember where to put ITS apostrophe is it?

 

[Waterhall Wizard]

'somethink', everythink & 'nothink'.

Speaking of which, where has Kev got to?

 

[Spicy]

Diarrhoea!

 

[dougdeep]

Diarrhoea!

What a shit post.

 

[Spicy]

What a shit post.

thanks, Doug, I know what to put on your sick note in future!!

 

[CAFC Matt]

liase is American and liaise is the English version

 

[The Large One]

Just thought - no-one's mentioned its and it's yet. That's got to be the most common howler on here.

That's punctuation, not spelling.

Marvellous. Don't let the American spell-chckers fool you. The US version has one 'l'. We, of course, are British...

Squalor. The English version has no second 'u'.

And if you're British, the ending of the verb should be 'ise', not the American 'ize'.

 

[CAFC Matt]

That's punctuation, not spelling.

Marvellous. Don't let the American spell-chckers fool you. The US version has one 'l'. We, of course, are British...

Squalor. The English version has no second 'u'.

And if you're British, the ending of the verb should be 'ise', not the American 'ize'.

Microsoft Office is a right bugger for spell checking and those bloody errors

 

[Norman Baker suck my lozenge]

Inquiry and Enquiry,and of course Bollocks and Bollox.