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Have you ever looked at a sentence you’ve just written and thought, hold on their, something doesn’t look right hear? Spelling can be abit of a nightmare, and even the best of us have days when words just don’t come together…
A recent nation-wide survey showed that their are definitely alot of words in the English language that people regularly misspell. The research found 57 per cent judge other people on their spelling, with 42 per cent admitting they believe people who can’t spell are “thick” whilst still making mistakes themselves!
If you fall foul of the irritating rule-changing nature of the English language, then you are in for a treat with Xposure’s top 10 list of misspelled words, to help you to avoid making these common mistakes.
(The keen eye amongst you will have noticed some deliberate mistakes in the introduction, placed there specifically to test your skills.)
1. Definately- So often we see people inserting an ‘a’ where it just isn’t needed which is definitely incorrect.
2. Alot- We don’t see you writing alittle or afootball so make sure you aren’t joining these two words together, for no reason!
3. Stationery/stationary- This isn’t necessarily a mistake, but rather a misuse, and one that is quite commonly done in our industry. Your stationery is your business card and other such items, and stationary means that something isn’t moving. So don’t go ordering really still letterheads next time you run out.
4. Your/you’re- An extremely common misuse once again! Your is a possession and you’re is you are. You’re incorrect if your writing still has these mistakes!
5. Their, there, they’re- They’re sitting over there with their dogs. Another example of misuse, make sure you look at the context of your ‘there’ before you use it, they are = they’re, there = position and their = possession.
6. Begining- remember to include all of the ‘n’s to make sure that from the start, your writing is correct.
7. Beleive- I don’t believe that people are still getting this wrong! I is always before e except after c (although don’t look to closely at this rule as there are irregular ones that don’t work, typical English language!).
8. Seperate- I was always told to remember that there’s a rat in separate, but this quite frankly put me off writing it as a child.
9. Here/hear- I’m using my ear to hear you, which makes it easier to remember which here is which.
10. Unecessary- There are so many ‘s’ sounds in unnecessary, but it’s the ‘n’s that catch people out, make sure you use two and don’t make unnecessary mistakes.
What words catch you out every time? Do you mix up your two, too and to’s? Let us know if you agree with our spelling mistakes and share your own in the comment box below!
