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Ten Words You Need To Stop Misspelling

The Oatmeal brings us an in-depth look at some of the most commonly misspelled and misused words, and why you are an ass if you get them wrong. posted on December 29, 2009 at 2:31pm EST

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    • Ten Words You Need To Stop Misspelling was rebuzzed by kristinfowler  about 3 years ago ×
    • Bill Pointless 3 years ago

      This is BS. These are mostly mental oversights, not misunderstandings of usage. Just because you trip and fall on occasion doesn’t mean you need a lecture on how to walk.

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    • guccirocks 3 years ago

      Seriously why do people mispronounce the word “ask”all the time!!!  I’m an English teacher in an Arab country so i come across hillarious ones!! loooool like : “I’d like cock please”- instead of “I’d like some coke please” amongst others….

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    • RuffNReddy 3 years ago

      I’d like to add: ASK to the list.
      It’s AsssssssK. Like a snake.
      Not Akkkssss, like an axe.
      But, i guess that’s a mispronunciation isn’t it?

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    • Jaymi M. 3 years ago

      I will NEVER remember affect/effect. It’s like my brain just won’t get it.

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    • adamstjohn 3 years ago

      People confuse “then” and “than”? I have never heard that from a native speaker, though I did encounter it occasionally when teaching English to foreign students. Is that a North American thing?

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    • thom xensen 3 years ago

      Sad that this grade school stuff is the level we seem to be at now… . The effect/affect advice is not great — effect is fairly common as a verb.

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    • Chris Johanesen 3 years ago

      I like The Oatmeal, but I think he needs a list of the 10 ten fonts he should stop using.

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