greenbelt@lemy.lol to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 days agoWhat is a typical spelling mistake you make?message-squaremessage-square56fedilinkarrow-up136arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up134arrow-down1message-squareWhat is a typical spelling mistake you make?greenbelt@lemy.lol to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 days agomessage-square56fedilinkfile-text
For me common spelling mistakes include confusing some of these word pairs. loose vs. lose then vs. than were vs. where
minus-squarepalordrolap@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 days agoThe former is British, the latter is American. Noah Webster eliminated letter doubles in words where he thought the extra one didn’t add anything useful. Another word that did the same thing is “level(l)ing”.
minus-squareContramuffin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 days agoInteresting, so I could make the argument that I was right all along
The former is British, the latter is American. Noah Webster eliminated letter doubles in words where he thought the extra one didn’t add anything useful. Another word that did the same thing is “level(l)ing”.
Interesting, so I could make the argument that I was right all along