What spelling mistake do you hate/notice the most?

All of the above. Bad grammar and poor spelling really grate on my nerves.
What about Heart Wrenching instead of Rending.
Gut wrenching
Heart Rending.

Oh yes - Poker Dots instead of Polka Dots
It shouldn't be so annoying but it is!

Auto-correct is very irritating, particularly when you can't edit your Gransnet posts!

The mis-spelling and mis-pronunciation that annoys me is 'mischievious' which should be 'mischievous'.
When I asked a class of mature students to spell 'definite', more than half thought it was 'definate'. Then I asked them to spell 'finite' which they spelt correctly and the penny dropped! I hope that for the rest of their lives they haven't reverted to their old ways!

keepingquiet

I received a flyer from a Reform candidate recently which had one glaring misuse of an apostrophe.

I circled and corrected the mistake and sent it straight back requesting they don't misuse the English language in future.

I wish I’d done that with a leaflet I once picked up in the library advertising a taught MA course in Eng Lit at our local university. It contained two very basic spelling mistakes! Not much of an advertisement for their English department!

Bumface

Does anyone remember Dan Quayle correcting a the spelling of the word 'potato' to 'potatoe'? I think this was in the early 1990s when DQ was vice president to George Bush the elder.

I do! 😂

Does anyone remember Dan Quayle correcting a the spelling of the word 'potato' to 'potatoe'? I think this was in the early 1990s when DQ was vice president to George Bush the elder.

Septimia

It's not "i" before "e" in Sheila, either...

Or Keith...I think names always break spelling guidelines.

I received a flyer from a Reform candidate recently which had one glaring misuse of an apostrophe.

I circled and corrected the mistake and sent it straight back requesting they don't misuse the English language in future.

It's not "i" before "e" in Sheila, either...

"I before E except after C" except when your foreign neighbour Keith receives eight counterfeit beige sleighs from feisty caffeinated weightlifters. Weird.

The saying should be clarified with "when the sound is ee"

“It” is a silly name for a dog anyway, Baggs

Cheers, Baggs.

I wish I could knit socks….

Baggs

It's when it should be its

his
hers
yours
theirs
its

These are all words of 'belonging'.

It's not difficult. It's always means it is.

There is a dog called It who has a ball.
Whose ball is this?
It's Its ball.

It’s can also be short for ‘it has’ - as in ‘It’s been raining,’ or ‘It’s been a very busy week.’

Bumface

I have just read the mission statement, I think it is called, from the school that middle GS is going to next year.

Apparently he will be enabled to "Exceed his potential" and be given a number of "Almost unique opportunities".

I know this is nothing to do with spelling.

😂😂😂

"Exceed his potential" How are they going to help him to achieve that?

Almost unique Something is either unique or not.

Baggs is right.

We lost the dog's ball. The dog lost its ball.

Isn't English wonderful?

Well at least it stretched our brains Baggs

I am going to do some rows of sock knitting.........

🙃

But what I said does apply where It isn't a name.

Grovelling apologies to all! 😬

Baggs

Maggiemaybe

It's not difficult. It's always means it is.

There is a dog called It who has a ball.
Whose ball is this?
It's Its ball.

But in this case - It being a name - I would have said
It’s It’s ball.

In which case, you didn't understand what I said: it's (i, t, apostrophe, s) always means "it is".

So "It's It's ball" literally means "It is It is ball", not "the ball belings to the dog called It".

Think of "the ball is hers", "the ball is his", the ball is yours, the ball is theirs. No apostrophes. Same pattern (grammatical rule) applies to its.

Oh, wait, maggiemaybe!!!! Now I'm confused.

Baggs backs off for a think!

You are right 🤭

Goes in the same category as that which recommends "stretching" children.

Bumface

I have just read the mission statement, I think it is called, from the school that middle GS is going to next year.

Apparently he will be enabled to "Exceed his potential" and be given a number of "Almost unique opportunities".

I know this is nothing to do with spelling.

Aaaaaargh! 😂

Maggiemaybe

^It's not difficult. It's always means it is.^

There is a dog called It who has a ball.
Whose ball is this?
It's Its ball.

But in this case - It being a name - I would have said
It’s It’s ball.

In which case, you didn't understand what I said: it's (i, t, apostrophe, s) always means "it is".

So "It's It's ball" literally means "It is It is ball", not "the ball belings to the dog called It".

Think of "the ball is hers", "the ball is his", the ball is yours, the ball is theirs. No apostrophes. Same pattern (grammatical rule) applies to its.

I have just read the mission statement, I think it is called, from the school that middle GS is going to next year.

Apparently he will be enabled to "Exceed his potential" and be given a number of "Almost unique opportunities".

I know this is nothing to do with spelling.

Why worry