Advice/s

thejucheidea · June 2013

I have a coworker who always misspells procedure as 'proceedure'. IT DRIVES ME CRAZY.

gailpete · June 2013

Principal/principle drives me crazy. Our HR department has job descriptions for Engineer, Principle Engineer, Accountant and Principle Accountant. I always want to ask them if the Engineer and Accountant are unprincipled, but I don't think they'd understand.

libby2483 · June 2013

zobird said: I once made up the word "submersed" during a college English course. Like a love child of "immerse" and "submerge". My then-bf made fun of me when we got out of class - we were in class together - and I got way too embarrassed about it. Something of a malapropism. I inherited it from my dad.
zobird Submersed actually is a word that is a synonym of submerged. There was no need for you to feel embarrassed -- you were the one who was right!

harper0813 · June 2013

libby2483 said:

zobird said:

I once made up the word "submersed" during a college English course. Like a love child of "immerse" and "submerge". My then-bf made fun of me when we got out of class - we were in class together - and I got way too embarrassed about it. Something of a malapropism. I inherited it from my dad.

zobird Submersed actually is a word that is a synonym of submerged. There was no need for you to feel embarrassed -- you were the one who was right!

(Quoting messed up, zobird's message starts here:)
You just made my day. You have no idea how tempted I am to contact my ex to rub this in his face.

zitiqueen · June 2013

Loose/lose is another one.

WinstonsGirl · June 2013

I can't spell definitely. It just got spell checked. And I have to think about original, poison, absolutely, and a few others. And I'm horrible for reversing letters from typing too fast. But my big confusions come with color/colour, behaviour/behaviour and neighbor/neighbour. I can never remember which one is American versus English or if we use American or English spelling in Canada. I just go with whatever it gets spell checked to, but I usually add the 'u'

kryan32 · June 2013

@zobird - I make words up if I can't find the exact word I want to use... My EX was super judgy about it, but most people understand what I'm saying...

@sxyktn812 - SD says literally all the time and no amount of explaining to her that she didn't "literally just die" does any good...

MuppetFan · June 2013

you're all creeping me out with your handle changes.

MairePoppy · June 2013

@zobird - What happened to your former SN?

MuppetFan · June 2013

I think it was when she typed in zobeg, her phone kept autocorrecting to zombies? ya? maybe?

harper0813 · June 2013

Just had it changed for privacy reasons - it was a tad bit close to my full name!

MairePoppy · June 2013

That's not good.

MuppetFan · June 2013

what was the zombie thing

harper0813 · June 2013

Oh, my phone keeps autocorrecting "zobird" to "zombies", which I love.

plumander · June 2013

I was an excellent speller in school, but my spelling's been steadily worsening due to spellcheck and autocorrect. Spelling is a dying art, and it depresses me.

SKPM · June 2013

libby2483 said:

zobird said:

I admit, I always have to double check my uses of affect and effect.

I'm an English teacher, and these are two words that I need to stop and think about to make sure I am using them correctly. I know which is which, but I do need to pause and consider it.

Affect - verb She was affected by the war.

Effect - noun The war had an effect on her.

Actually, both "affect" and "effect" can be both noun and verb. The alternate uses are less common in some instances, but...

"Affect" (noun) refers to a person's expression of emotion (it's also pronounced differently than "affect" verb -- more like the Aflack insurance duck), and...

"Effect" (verb) is more like "to influence" -- "the agency is able to effect change in the system," e.g.

[Edited for clarity, not spelling!]

SKPM · June 2013

MuppetFan said:

What makes the word "advice" so frequently misspelled? I think I've seen it 3 or 4 times today from different people. Is it just one of those words?

I always have issues with "definitely" I spell it the way I don't want to and I'm right. I blame it on a song I like when the singer says Defin A t ly.

The way that I learned it, and always remember it, is that the root word is "finite" -- which I can spell. Throw in the "de-" and "-ly" and call it a day.

Spelling and grammar errors drive me batty.

plumander · June 2013

I am super self-conscious on this thread now. Actually, I get super self-conscious about my grammar every time I'm lecturing someone on theirs.

libby2483 · June 2013

SKPM said:

libby2483 said:

zobird said:

I admit, I always have to double check my uses of affect and effect.

I'm an English teacher, and these are two words that I need to stop and think about to make sure I am using them correctly. I know which is which, but I do need to pause and consider it.

Affect - verb She was affected by the war.

Effect - noun The war had an effect on her.

Actually, both "affect" and "effect" can be both noun and verb. The alternate uses are less common in some instances, but...

"Affect" (noun) refers to a person's expression of emotion (it's also pronounced differently than "affect" verb -- more like the Aflack insurance duck), and...

"Effect" (verb) is more like "to influence" -- "the agency is able to effect change in the system," e.g.

[Edited for clarity, not spelling!]

Very good point. I didn't even think of "affect", as in a person's facial expression, when I gave the explanation before.

gmcr78 · June 2013

I love this thread. It gives me hope that maybe, just maybe we're not all going to devolve into Idiocracy.

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