often people get there and their mixed up
i find it difficult ... because i get mixed up with words ending in sion tion cion, i never know wat goes with some words. if u see what i mean? x
lightening versus lightning
The electricity that comes from the sky is lightning. Michael Jackson's skin underwent lightening.
Where and were; their, there and they're; are and our; affect and effect...
More of a grammatical error/confusion, but "its" and "it's."
"It's" is a contraction of the words "it" and "is".
Whereas "its" refers to possession, and though normally an apostrophe is used to indicate possession, it's not used in this case.
"Occurrence" is one of the most mispelled words. I actually had to look it up in the dictionary right before I posted it here. Two C's and two R's every time.
Judgment has been misspelled as judgement so many times it may soon be accepted to use judgement. At least my spell checker likes both. Now who is the judge of that?
by Mary Hyatt 12 years ago
How come I can't see a misspelled word in my own Hubs, but I can spot one a mile away on someone else's Hubs? I read one today that had a word used incorrectly (could have two different meanings, but spelled the same). The Hub had about 25 comments, and no one had mentioned the word. I...
by Eric Standridge and Sierra Juarez 14 years ago
I came across something the other day that fascinated me. I don't know why, maybe I'm just psycho, but I thought this idea was interesting.An article I was reading said that a lot of times authors that regularly publish online deliberately misspell words in order to protect their work. ...
by dingdong 13 years ago
Eye no U or enable two sea are reed dish!
by Sarah Johnson 12 years ago
I really am not that old, but it is hard for me to see the little squiggly line under misspelled words on SpellCheck. Any way to make it a bright highlighted word instead?Thanks,Chaplin
by reynanteocta 14 years ago
Hello Hubpages,I am Reynante Octa, a new Hubber from the Philippines. I enjoy using Hubpages as a home for my personal opinions. As I getting acquainted with Hubpages I noticed some misspelled words at The Main Forum Areas. Here are the phrases that contain misspelled words;•Need Help? Ask here:...
by ngureco 10 years ago
Should billboards with misspelled words be outlawed in a society whose first language is English?
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