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riverdeep Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-09-08 06:54 PM
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100 most often misspelled words.
or 'why the English language is so painful to learn'. Here are a few choice ones:

argument

* Let's not argue about the loss of this verb's silent before the suffix -ment.

bellwether

* Often misspelled "bellweather." A wether is a gelded ram, chosen to lead the herd (thus his bell) due to the greater likelihood that he will remain at all times ahead of the ewes.

consensus

* The census does not require a consensus, since they are not related.

guarantee

* I guarantee you that this word is not spelled like "warranty" even though they are synonyms.

its/it's

* The apostrophe marks a contraction of "it is." Something that belongs to it is "its."

misspell

* What is more embarrassing than to misspell the name of the problem? Just remember that it is mis + spell and that will spell you the worry about spelling "spell."

rhythm

* This one was borrowed from Greek (and conveniently never returned) so it is spelled the way we spell words borrowed from Greek and conveniently never returned.

until

* I will never stop harping on this until this word is spelled with an extra for the last time!

http://www.yourdictionary.com/library/misspelled.html
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KamaAina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-09-08 07:13 PM
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1. huge, serious, choir
This is HUGH!!!1111!!!111!! I'm SERIES!!!11111!!111!!! I'm NOT just preaching to the quier!!!111!!11!
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KamaAina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-09-08 08:10 PM
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2. moron, official


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fizzgig Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-10-08 01:19 AM
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3. this post is the first time my boyfriend had ever seen the moran guy
and it's the first time i've heard him actually laugh in at least a week :rofl:
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puerco-bellies Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-10-08 01:31 AM
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4. Duuude, my posts must kill you.
:grouphug:
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