What spelling mistake do you hate/notice the most?

Loose instead of Lose...

of..instead of have...

I'm in no way perfect but those 2 are my particular bugbears

‘Amount’ being used instead of ‘number’.

‘There was a huge amount of people at the concert’.

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.

PIN number ie repeating the word ‘number’

"Lightening" used for lightning just jumped out of a page at me 😉, a reference to "lightning bugs" from the US.

I'm not sure such errors are spelling errors. They seem more likely to be caused by a lack of understanding of words' meanings and derivations.

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.

Me too Maggiemaybe
Surely the same rule applies as if the dog was called Fido.
It would require an apostrophe, Fido’s so as the dog is called It, it should be It’s.

I am willing to stand corrected though!

Maggiemaybe is right.

Why worry

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.

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.

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! 😂

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

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 🤭

Grovelling apologies to all! 😬

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

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

🙃

Well at least it stretched our brains Baggs

Baggs is right.

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

Isn't English wonderful?

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

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.’

Cheers, Baggs.

I wish I could knit socks….

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

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