Think you can spell?

[virtuocity]

1. Spell the word beginning with 'L' which means "Not firmly fixed in place; detached or able to be detached, the opposite of 'tight'".

2. Spell the word beginning with 'L' which is the opposite of "to win".

 

[Liverbirdie]

1. Spell the word beginning with 'L' which means "Not firmly fixed in place; detached or able to be detached, the opposite of 'tight'".

2. Spell the word beginning with 'L' which is the opposite of "to win".

Me sir, me sir!

Loose and lose.

Yes, a lot of peeple get it micksed oop.

 

[Kellfire]

To and too.

There, their and they're.

Your and you're.


These three combinations drive me to despair. Not sure how people get so far in life without a basic grasp of English.

 

[brendy]

Bought and brought usage really sends me to the fair too.
He's and his seems to be a popular one on here!

 

[Kellfire]

Input and imput is another that confuses me!

 

[Oddsocks]

Spelling police back in full effect AKA cabin fever

 

[Andy808]

Duck and duck.

I got this one wrong once and ended up with a ball hitting me in the head while I looked up for a duck flying past.:thup:

 

[Iaing]

To and too.

There, their and they're.

Your and you're.




These three combinations drive me to despair. Not sure how people get so far in life without a basic grasp of English.

These annoy me as well.
Perhaps a mod can make a sticky of the commonest spelling mistakes for the benefit of those folks whose phones can't spell.

 

[chris661]

These annoy me as well.
Perhaps a mod can make a sticky of the commonest spelling mistakes for the benefit of those folks whose phones can't spell.

Pfft brendy would have to hammer himself

 

[Andy808]

These annoy me as well.
Perhaps a mod can make a sticky of the commonest spelling mistakes for the benefit of those folks whose phones can't spell.

Theirs alot on here that would still struggle.(including me)

 

[Slime]

Any English language graduates in the house?
I would like the correct answer to this conundrum, if indeed there is one!

Picture the scene.
My father is in the field sowing seed whilst my mother is in the house sewing patches on my jeans, therefore both of my parents are ................................. doing what?
Okay, I know what they're doing, but how do I write it?


Slime.

 

[beggsy]

I admit I do probably get some wrong but it has not harmed me in life

 

[SocketRocket]

I always run it threw my spell chequer.

 

[brendy]

Meh, its just a bit of harmess fun.

 

[Andy808]

Any English language graduates in the house?
I would like the correct answer to this conundrum, if indeed there is one!

Picture the scene.
My father is in the field sowing seed whilst my mother is in the house sewing patches on my jeans, therefore both of my parents are ................................. doing what?
Okay, I know what they're doing, but how do I write it?


Slime.

Does it bother your mother that your father is in the field sowing his seed?

I find it a little strange that you know what he's up to in the first place.

 

[Liverbirdie]

My father is in the field planting seeds whilst my mother has gone to the shops to buy me new jeans.

Problem solved.

 

[SocketRocket]

Does it bother your mother that your father is in the field sowing his seed?

I find it a little strange that you know what he's up to in the first place.

You are sowing the seeds of doubt. Or maybe sewing the seeds of doubt?

 

[richart]

Any English language graduates in the house?
I would like the correct answer to this conundrum, if indeed there is one!

Picture the scene.
My father is in the field sowing seed whilst my mother is in the house sewing patches on my jeans, therefore both of my parents are ................................. doing what?
Okay, I know what they're doing, but how do I write it?


Slime.

They are doing totally different things that just happen to sound the same. You can not therefore say they are 'both' doing one thing.

I would mention that I am not an English graduate.

 

[Fader]

I'm likely to he a guilty party in the mix ups of some words generally during the day as I'll either be on here posting response with one eye out at work trying not to get caught or using my bloody iPhone which decides to change words as it sees fit even if it makes a sentence incomprehensible.

But does it really matter on a forum anyway as long as we get the gist of it. Of it was in a working environment I simply press F7 and jobs a good'un.

 

[richart]

I can spell reasonably well, but my typppping is useless.