- Words I mess up:
weird: the old "i before e except after c" rule. Gets me every time.
tomorrow: I was never the kid who wrote, "tomarrow", but I would mess up if it should be one "m" with two "r"s or 2 "m"s with one "r". Darn tomorrow.
A common problem is figuring out if it should just be one letter or 2 of the same letter!
- Ol' spell check. I was about to say Ol' reliable, but that's clearly not the case. Whenever I write a paper, spell check will "complain" about the name of the teacher I write on the top of my paper or different authors I mention. Many times though, it says, fragment: consider revising. What the heck? What does that even mean? My sentence was totes not fragmented. It was smooth and beautiful. It also doesn't notice the difference between affect and effect (similar to their, they're, and there). Spell check needs a friend. This friends is grammar check.
- If there was no uniform spelling, our world would be bonkos. My sister was a Y.E.S. student for a kindergarten class, and they all wrote her letters at the end of the term. Luckily, the teacher wrote underneath some of their "words" so my sister would know what they were trying to say. So, if there was no uniform spelling...Imagine a world filled with kindergartners. Yikes.
- Even though these "misspelling" are incorrect (obviously), the fact that it's spelled differently makes it seem as if it's an entirely different product. The name gives it its own identity, rather than it just being the commonplace, general object. Misspellings can also add character to a product or store. Toys R Us, for example, is clearly a children's store. Misspellings are common among children, making Toys R Us a kid-friendly environment. Misspellings are also used because that's how the word actually sounds, making it very easy to know the name of the product or store.
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