greenbelt@lemy.lol to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-211 hours agoWhat is a typical spelling mistake you make?message-squaremessage-square46fedilinkarrow-up130arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up129arrow-down1message-squareWhat is a typical spelling mistake you make?greenbelt@lemy.lol to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-211 hours agomessage-square46fedilinkfile-text
For me common spelling mistakes include confusing some of these word pairs. loose vs. lose then vs. than were vs. where
minus-squareMightyLordJason@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·11 hours agoI always ALWAYS have to check separate / separation / separator. I want to put a third e in there so much.
minus-squaregreenbelt@lemy.lolOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 hours agouhm … separate is an adjective and separation is a noun I guess?
minus-squareunmagical@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up4·10 hours agoI think they were referring more to a tendency of writing seperat(e, ion, or). Unfortunately the classification of single words is not so cut and dry: The separator machine uses separation algorithms to separate separate appropriately. separator is an adjective separation is an adjective 1st separate is a verb 2nd separate is a noun
minus-squarecRazi_man@europe.publinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 hours agoSo few comments… Yet mine is already taken. I get this wrong constantly too.
I always ALWAYS have to check separate / separation / separator. I want to put a third e in there so much.
uhm … separate is an adjective and separation is a noun I guess?
I think they were referring more to a tendency of writing seperat(e, ion, or).
Unfortunately the classification of single words is not so cut and dry:
So few comments… Yet mine is already taken. I get this wrong constantly too.