Comments on: Ten Common Writing Mistakes Your Spell Checker Won’t Find http://writingenglish.wordpress.com/2006/09/18/ten-common-writing-mistakes-your-spell-checker-won%e2%80%99t-find/ The International Language of Business Sun, 08 Nov 2009 15:07:51 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Writing Errors That Make You Look Stupid | Poke the Beehive http://writingenglish.wordpress.com/2006/09/18/ten-common-writing-mistakes-your-spell-checker-won%e2%80%99t-find/#comment-19393 Writing Errors That Make You Look Stupid | Poke the Beehive Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:25:54 +0000 http://writingenglish.wordpress.com/2006/09/18/ten-common-writing-mistakes-your-spell-checker-won%e2%80%99t-find/#comment-19393 [...] Ten Common Writing Mistakes Your Spell Checker Won’t Find [...] [...] Ten Common Writing Mistakes Your Spell Checker Won’t Find [...]

]]> By: sharon http://writingenglish.wordpress.com/2006/09/18/ten-common-writing-mistakes-your-spell-checker-won%e2%80%99t-find/#comment-19389 sharon Sat, 31 Oct 2009 03:40:35 +0000 http://writingenglish.wordpress.com/2006/09/18/ten-common-writing-mistakes-your-spell-checker-won%e2%80%99t-find/#comment-19389 I get mixed up with the whose/who's .. thanks for writing this all out. Your quick list is helpful. I should probably make it into a pocket size ;o) I get mixed up with the whose/who’s .. thanks for writing this all out.

Your quick list is helpful. I should probably make it into a pocket size ;o)

]]> By: 10 Common Writing Mistakes Your Spell Checker Won’t Find | Poke the Beehive http://writingenglish.wordpress.com/2006/09/18/ten-common-writing-mistakes-your-spell-checker-won%e2%80%99t-find/#comment-19233 10 Common Writing Mistakes Your Spell Checker Won’t Find | Poke the Beehive Tue, 18 Aug 2009 16:45:46 +0000 http://writingenglish.wordpress.com/2006/09/18/ten-common-writing-mistakes-your-spell-checker-won%e2%80%99t-find/#comment-19233 [...] few years ago writing consultant Judy Rose put together this list of common word use errors, and unfortunately it holds up very well today. If you’re one of [...] [...] few years ago writing consultant Judy Rose put together this list of common word use errors, and unfortunately it holds up very well today. If you’re one of [...]

]]> By: judyrose http://writingenglish.wordpress.com/2006/09/18/ten-common-writing-mistakes-your-spell-checker-won%e2%80%99t-find/#comment-19080 judyrose Fri, 19 Jun 2009 22:58:29 +0000 http://writingenglish.wordpress.com/2006/09/18/ten-common-writing-mistakes-your-spell-checker-won%e2%80%99t-find/#comment-19080 Hi Luke, Thanks for your comment. Using <em>then</em> when it should be <em>than</em> bothers me too. I'd be remiss if I didn't point this out: <em>Do you think you have more money then me? </em> should be <em>Do you think you have more money than I?</em> What you're really saying is: <em> ...more money than I <strong>have</strong>. </em> You would never say: <em>...more money than <strong>me </strong>have.</em> If you think of it that way, you'll get it right. Judy Hi Luke,
Thanks for your comment. Using then when it should be than bothers me too.

I’d be remiss if I didn’t point this out:
Do you think you have more money then me?
should be
Do you think you have more money than I?

What you’re really saying is:
…more money than I have.
You would never say:
…more money than me have.

If you think of it that way, you’ll get it right.

Judy

]]> By: Luke http://writingenglish.wordpress.com/2006/09/18/ten-common-writing-mistakes-your-spell-checker-won%e2%80%99t-find/#comment-19079 Luke Fri, 19 Jun 2009 21:18:56 +0000 http://writingenglish.wordpress.com/2006/09/18/ten-common-writing-mistakes-your-spell-checker-won%e2%80%99t-find/#comment-19079 This is one you see a lot: I had more money then she did. Do you think you have more money then me? This one really bothers me. This is one you see a lot:
I had more money then she did.
Do you think you have more money then me?
This one really bothers me.

]]> By: Jodi http://writingenglish.wordpress.com/2006/09/18/ten-common-writing-mistakes-your-spell-checker-won%e2%80%99t-find/#comment-19069 Jodi Sun, 14 Jun 2009 20:03:43 +0000 http://writingenglish.wordpress.com/2006/09/18/ten-common-writing-mistakes-your-spell-checker-won%e2%80%99t-find/#comment-19069 It is actually not an unusual phenomenon for a non-native speaker of any language to be more proficient with the written language than a native speaker. Native speakers are often tainted by the actual speaking of the language that gets carried over into their written language. As an English teacher, grammar has always been a huge issue for me, and I still make errors in my every day writing and speaking because language is both formal and informal. I do my best to correct the mistakes of my students, but quite frankly, when they are constantly surrounded by incorrect language on the news, in the general media, TV, movies, and even in edited books, it becomes an endless uphill battle. It is actually not an unusual phenomenon for a non-native speaker of any language to be more proficient with the written language than a native speaker. Native speakers are often tainted by the actual speaking of the language that gets carried over into their written language. As an English teacher, grammar has always been a huge issue for me, and I still make errors in my every day writing and speaking because language is both formal and informal. I do my best to correct the mistakes of my students, but quite frankly, when they are constantly surrounded by incorrect language on the news, in the general media, TV, movies, and even in edited books, it becomes an endless uphill battle.

]]> By: WhackyTee.com http://writingenglish.wordpress.com/2006/09/18/ten-common-writing-mistakes-your-spell-checker-won%e2%80%99t-find/#comment-18940 WhackyTee.com Thu, 09 Apr 2009 03:56:35 +0000 http://writingenglish.wordpress.com/2006/09/18/ten-common-writing-mistakes-your-spell-checker-won%e2%80%99t-find/#comment-18940 Thanks for the English grammar lesson! Thanks for the English grammar lesson!

]]> By: freida http://writingenglish.wordpress.com/2006/09/18/ten-common-writing-mistakes-your-spell-checker-won%e2%80%99t-find/#comment-18670 freida Mon, 12 Jan 2009 07:57:32 +0000 http://writingenglish.wordpress.com/2006/09/18/ten-common-writing-mistakes-your-spell-checker-won%e2%80%99t-find/#comment-18670 "She sells sea shells, by the sea shore" We get so tangled in 'correctness,' that we can't see the forest for the trees. Yet, really we can't see 'the tree' for the forest...written by 'me.' I could really go overboard, and often do. Seems to me this is a battle. The battle of wits, and what we perceive. The usefulness of our alphabet and punctuation, is not the point. It's how we are 'red,' LOL. You write well. “She sells sea shells, by the sea shore”

We get so tangled in ‘correctness,’ that we can’t see the forest for the trees.

Yet, really we can’t see ‘the tree’ for the forest…written by ‘me.’

I could really go overboard, and often do.

Seems to me this is a battle.

The battle of wits, and what we perceive. The usefulness of our alphabet and punctuation, is not the point.

It’s how we are ‘red,’ LOL.

You write well.

]]> By: vicky http://writingenglish.wordpress.com/2006/09/18/ten-common-writing-mistakes-your-spell-checker-won%e2%80%99t-find/#comment-18669 vicky Wed, 07 Jan 2009 20:15:38 +0000 http://writingenglish.wordpress.com/2006/09/18/ten-common-writing-mistakes-your-spell-checker-won%e2%80%99t-find/#comment-18669 somebody know the most common errors due to spanish interference when writing english? If you know some web pages names please tell me diosteama2008@gmail.com somebody know the most common errors due to spanish interference when writing english?
If you know some web pages names please tell me
diosteama2008@gmail.com

]]> By: imed http://writingenglish.wordpress.com/2006/09/18/ten-common-writing-mistakes-your-spell-checker-won%e2%80%99t-find/#comment-18014 imed Sun, 13 Apr 2008 23:22:48 +0000 http://writingenglish.wordpress.com/2006/09/18/ten-common-writing-mistakes-your-spell-checker-won%e2%80%99t-find/#comment-18014 Dear Madam: I wanna thank you for what you are doing. It's a good website i learned much and I really liked your methodology, it's very funny. Thanks again. Dear Madam:
I wanna thank you for what you are doing.
It’s a good website i learned much and I really liked your methodology, it’s very funny.
Thanks again.

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