Grammar / Spelling / Punctuation Discussion and Appreciation (questions welcome!)

[Whytewytch]

Here's one my hubby came across on his car forum--wrecklessly/recklessly.

He posted that, by all means, people should drive wrecklessly instead of recklessly. He got yelled at by a couple of people who told him he was an idiot for telling people they should drive wrecklessly. Until a few of the more intelligent posters said, "Read the post! Read the spelling!"

[SF_and_Coffee]

Here's one my hubby came across on his car forum--wrecklessly/recklessly.

He posted that, by all means, people should drive wrecklessly instead of recklessly. He got yelled at by a couple of people who told him he was an idiot for telling people they should drive wrecklessly. Until a few of the more intelligent posters said, "Read the post! Read the spelling!"

(Although the fact that it sailed over the heads of so many people makes me want to scream.)

[Whytewytch]

(Although the fact that it sailed over the heads of so many people makes me want to scream.)

Not the brain surgery forum, nor the rocket scientist forum...

[SF_and_Coffee]

Not the brain surgery forum, nor the rocket scientist forum...

Thank heavens...

[Whytewytch]

I FOUND IT! I FOUND IT! I FOUND IT! I did some cleaning(!) & found my copy of Eats, Shoots & Leaves! *jumps up & down in geeky joy*

[SF_and_Coffee]

Woohoo!!!!

[fems]

Solider: 1sol·id adj \ˈsä-ləd\
1a: being without an internal cavity <a solid ball of rubber>
b (1): printed with minimum space between lines
(2): joined without a hyphen <a solid compound>
c: not interrupted by a break or opening <a solid wall>
2: having, involving, or dealing with three dimensions or with solids <a solid configuration>
3a: of uniformly close and coherent texture : not loose or spongy : compact
b: possessing or characterized by the properties of a solid : neither gaseous nor liquid <solid waste>
4: of good substantial quality or kind <solid comfort>: as
a: sound <solid reasons>
b: made firmly and well <solid furniture>
c: reliable <a solid performer>
5a: having no break or interruption <waited three solid hours>
b: unanimous <had the solid support of the party>
c: intimately friendly or associated <solid with the boss>
6a: prudent; also : well established financially
b: serious in purpose or character
7: of one substance or character: as
a: entirely of one metal or containing the minimum of alloy necessary to impart hardness <solid gold>
b: of a single color
— sol·id·ly adverb
— sol·id·ness noun

Soldier:
noun \ˈsōl-jər\
1a: one engaged in military service and especially in the army
b: an enlisted man or woman
c: a skilled warrior
2: a militant leader, follower, or worker
3a: one of a caste of wingless sterile termites usually differing from workers in larger size and head and long jaws
b: one of a type of worker ants distinguished by exceptionally large head and jaws
4: one who shirks work

verb
sol·diered sol·dier·ing
1a: to serve as a soldier
b: to behave in a soldierly manner
c: to push doggedly forward —usually used with on <soldiered on to the end>
2: to make a pretense of working while really loafing

In a lot of fics, it's not just a typo. Which is rather sad.

[Professor_S]

I FOUND IT! I FOUND IT! I FOUND IT! I did some cleaning(!) & found my copy of Eats, Shoots & Leaves! *jumps up & down in geeky joy*

YAY!!!!!

[Goose]

These two links are rather appropriate:

http://www.cracked.com/blog/9-words-...h-other-words/

http://www.cracked.com/article_15664...ou-think.html/

Warning: may contain stuff that's NSFW.

[mathpiglet]

I FOUND IT! I FOUND IT! I FOUND IT! I did some cleaning(!) & found my copy of Eats, Shoots & Leaves! *jumps up & down in geeky joy*

Oh happy day! There is a use for cleaning!

[Whytewytch]

Oh happy day! There is a use for cleaning!

Who would've thought?

[Skydiver]

I will freely admit, i found these online
And some swappage is far more common than others, but they are words that are easily confused for others


ad/add
affect/effect
ail/ale
aisle/I'll
ant/aunt
ate/eight
be/bee
beach/beech
beat/beet
bald/bawled
bare/bear
base/bass
billed/build
blew/blue
by/bye/buy
cell/sell
cent/scent/sent
chili/chilly
close/clothes
days/daze
dear/deer
do/dew/due
die/dye
died/dyed
doe/dough
earn/urn
ewe/yew/you
facts/fax
fare/fair
fairy/ferry
feat/feet
fir/fur
flea/flee
flew/flu/flue
flour/flower
for/fore/four
forth/fourth
foul/fowl
groan/grown
guessed/guest
gym/Jim
hair/hare
hairy/Harry
hall/haul
halve/have
he'd/heed
heal/heel
hear/here
heard/herd
hi/high
him/hymn
hour/our
idle/idol
in/inn
it's/its
knead/need
know/no
knows/nose
lay/lei
lead/led
leak/leek
lends/lens
lessen/lesson
lie/lye
links/lynx
loan/lone
lochs/locks/lox
made/maid
mail/male
main/mane
maize/maze
mall/maul
manner/manor
massed/mast
meat/meet
missed/mist
moan/mown
moose/mousse
morning/mourning
muscle/mussel
navel/naval
none/nun
not/knot
oar/or/ore
oh/owe
one/won
overdo/overdue
pail/pale
pane/pain
pair/pare/pear
passed/past
pause/paws
pea/pee
peace/piece
peak/peek
pedal/peddle
pi/pie
plane/plain
pole/poll
pray/prey
presence/presents
pride/pryed
prince/prints
profit/prophet
pros/prose
quarts/quartz
racket/racquet
rain/reign
raise/rays/raze
rap/wrap
read/red
read/reed
real/reel
recede/reseed
review/revue
roe/row
right/rite/write
ring/wring
road/rode/rowed
roam/Rome
role/roll
root/route
rote/wrote
rough/ruff
rye/wry
sachet/sashay
sacks/sax
sail/sale
scene/seen
sea/see
seam/seem
sear/seer
serf/surf
sew/so
shoe/shoo
sic/sick
sighs/size
Sioux/sue
slay/sleigh
soar/sore
sole/soul
some/sum
son/sun
sonny/sunny
soot/suit
stair/stare
stake/steak
straight/strait
suite/sweet
tea/tee
team/teem
tense/tents
tern/turn
their/there/they're
threw/through
throne/thrown
tic/tick
to/too/two
toad/told
toe/tow
toon/tune
urn/earn
vain/vein
vary/very
verses/versus
vial/vile
vice/vise
wade/weighed
wail/whale
waist/waste
waive/wave
walk/wok
war/wore
ware/wear/where
we/wee
we'd/weed
we're/were
weak/week
whine/wine
whoa/woe
wood/would
yoke/yolk
you're/your
you'll/yule

[iiradned]

About Strunk & White

http://xkcd.com/923/

[SF_and_Coffee]

xkcd is the epitome of awesomeness.

[fems]

Taut, taught, thought.

Thought, tough, though.

Trough, through, threw.

Wait/weight and whether/weather.

Waste/waist is one I see often as well.