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gareth886 29 Jul 2009 10:31:35 2,870 posts
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I'm terrible at distinguishing which words need a double l or single l, for example actually, definatelly, absolutely, etc etc. I just can't figure it out. The whole ei, ie thing in words can also cause me problems sometimes.

mrpon 29 Jul 2009 10:36:46 37,367 posts
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dufftownallan wrote:
awkward
rediculous (ridiculous? doesnt come up on my phone whatever)

tried to spell ecstacy last night and ended up having to look it up, i thought there was an x in there somewhere but i couldnt for the life of me remember where...

Awkward, ridiculous, ecstacy?? The mind boggles what kind of night you had allan!!

Twinkle 29 Jul 2009 10:40:01 542 posts
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neccessary, definatly, seperate, & unfortunatly

dufftownallan 29 Jul 2009 11:14:00 4,723 posts
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mrpon wrote:

dufftownallan wrote:
awkward
rediculous (ridiculous? doesnt come up on my phone whatever)

tried to spell ecstacy last night and ended up having to look it up, i thought there was an x in there somewhere but i couldnt for the life of me remember where...
Awkward, ridiculous, ecstacy?? The mind boggles what kind of night you had allan!!

a gentlemen never tells mrpon... ;o)

dufftownallan 29 Jul 2009 13:25:02 4,723 posts
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attached, thats another one, never sure whether it should have a t in it...

MrTomFTW Moderator 29 Jul 2009 13:27:15 47,501 posts
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I used to have trouble spelling necessary, then in high school my teacher told me to remember "one coffee, two sugars".

Necessary.

yegon 29 Jul 2009 13:30:01 6,511 posts
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DDevil wrote:
I used to have trouble spelling necessary, then in high school my teacher told me to remember "one coffee, two sugars".

Necessary.

My teacher taught me "never eat cakes eat sausages sandwiches and remain young". It stuck.

I always struggle with the word "occasion", even then it took a couple of attempts to spell it correctly.

Lutz 29 Jul 2009 13:33:54 48,870 posts
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Twinkle wrote:
neccessary, definatly,

Necessary = Never Eat Cheese Eat Salad Sandwiches.

Definitly = Finite.

I find word association helps quite a bit on some of them

crispyduckman 29 Jul 2009 13:38:24 1,903 posts
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Definitely. I won't rub it in.

Lutz 29 Jul 2009 13:44:26 48,870 posts
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I can never get the "e's" right on words ending in ly.

Surely, truly.

dufftownallan 29 Jul 2009 14:52:49 4,723 posts
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guaranteed
association

Kosmoz 29 Jul 2009 14:56:41 8,184 posts
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its not that i cant spell some words, i just cant type them.
self always comes out as slef, and sometimes the first letters of words just go missing, even more so when i am writing...

mrpon 29 Jul 2009 15:38:45 37,367 posts
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chiefian wrote:
tourchering

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I never spell words wrong, because I'm awseome

crispyduckman 29 Jul 2009 15:57:51 1,903 posts
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Lutz wrote:
I can never get the "e's" right on words ending in ly.

Surely, truly.

+1 TBH. Not fussed though - spelling correctly is soooo 20th century. I use IE 8 to post on EG (at work) without inline spell check. I generally use Firefox outside work with spell check. Way better.

Deleted user 29 July 2009 15:59:22

I always get courier wrong and have to correct it. For the guy on the other page who said rhythm, remember "rhythm has your two hips moving".

ElNuevo9 29 Jul 2009 16:02:31 14,164 posts
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Lutz wrote:
I can never get the "e's" right on words ending in ly.

Surely, truly.

This for me too.

Sycopat 29 Jul 2009 16:03:38 162 posts
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rutter wrote:

Science is also contrary to that rule.

Science makes it's own rules!

More on topic, I can usually spell pretty well.

My punctuation, however, is atrocious.

Khanivor 29 Jul 2009 18:42:25 44,800 posts
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Gaz40 wrote:

Twinkle wrote:
neccessary, definatly, seperate, & unfortunatly

yeah same here

Me too.

-ely, -ley, -ly; they all fucking hate me.

BinaryBob101 29 Jul 2009 18:44:36 27,756 posts
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Ecstasy always gets me too. It should be x's and c's. It never is. I blame the drugs.

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