I want to recommend Judy Parkinson: i before e except after c and also My Grammar and I or should that be me: By Caroline Taggart and J. A. Wines.
These books are full of funny English rhymes that I remember as a child when I was growing up, either said by teacher's or family.
I hope you look them up as they are good.
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Bonnet Flaunter
masterbation rather than masturbation! Drives me nuts! ( The spelling not the act!! ;)
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Penis and Pianist...very commonly confused words...
I hate when that happens because I never know whether the girl is playing with a piano or an organ...
I hate when that happens because I never know whether the girl is playing with a piano or an organ...
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Then and than
That one gets even me.
That one gets even me.
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Thanks for the listing, I had the areolae misspelled. I have now re-edited my latest story and updated my dictionary.
Another is breast - breasts
But I have other words I still question, "pre-cum". Is that right?
Another is breast - breasts
But I have other words I still question, "pre-cum". Is that right?
Matriarch
"Pre-cum" is correct. 
The Linebacker
If I misspell something it is most likely because I am dyslexic. If you message me about it I would like to go back and correct that.
Even though I am dyslexic I notice a lot of misspellings, typos and incorrect grammar in stories.
(I had to edit the hell out of the above 2 lines of text before posting.) Really! HA
Even though I am dyslexic I notice a lot of misspellings, typos and incorrect grammar in stories.
(I had to edit the hell out of the above 2 lines of text before posting.) Really! HA
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my pet peeve is using "good" and "well" correctly
"wow you write really well" not "you write really good"
"your dinner tasted good" not "your dinner tasted well"
generally speaking, things taste "good" and you do things "well"
and the proper response to "how are you?" is NOT "I am good." You may say, I am well, thank you", or "I am fine" - now, if they ask, "How are you in bed?", then it is perectly acceptable to say, "I am good." even if it IS a lie) LOL
@ magnificent1rascal - here are some more pairs for the list :
accept - except
affect - effect
cue - queue
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We are compiling a list of words that are often mistaken for one another in writing. Each pair or group has its own forum thread, with links provided below. This list is in alphabetical order, and word pairs that begin with different letters may be listed twice. It will be updated as more threads are added.
These are some of the most troublesome sets. For a fairly comprehensive list of sound-alike words, see Alan Cooper's Homonym List, and for a compilation of myriad mistakes often made in English usage, visit Paul Brians' Common Errors in English Usage.
• Areola - Aureole
• Because - Cause
• Click - Clique
• Complement - Compliment
• Discreet - Discrete
• Further - Farther
• Elicit - Illicit
• Faze - Phase
• Illicit - Elicit
• Loose - Lose
• Peak - Pique
• Phase - Faze
• Shutter - Shudder
• Their - There - They're
• Throes - Throws
• To - Too - Two
• Your - You're
Is it my imagination Ms Rascal, or did you repeat Phase and Faze?
You know, changing the order does not make them two separate sets of words...I know this thread implies that we get things confused, but I don't think we're that easily confused...
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Is it my imagination Ms Rascal, or did you repeat Phase and Faze?
You know, changing the order does not make them two separate sets of words...I know this thread implies that we get things confused, but I don't think we're that easily confused...
No, it is not your imagination. Yes, I did repeat the pairing, and yes, it was done intentionally.
It is a single set of words, cross-referenced alphabetically under the first letters of both spellings. It's common practice in guides such as this when the words in a set begin with different letters. Elicit and Illicit are listed in two separate places as well.
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It's common practice in guides such as this when the words in a set begin with different letters. Elicit and Illicit are listed in two separate places as well.
I didn't know all that...I thought you were just trying to confuse me...
Maybe we should have a thread "Commonly Confused Lush Members"...then again, maybe not...
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This has been one of my favorite flame-war threads, since I stumbled across it, over five years ago.
Ongoing discussion of the proper spelling of the words oriented and orientated... Aluminum and aluminium. The ever morphing English language really trips people out.
It could easily fit in Nicola's recent thread concerning funny commentary.
Ongoing discussion of the proper spelling of the words oriented and orientated... Aluminum and aluminium. The ever morphing English language really trips people out.
It could easily fit in Nicola's recent thread concerning funny commentary.
The same GQP demanding we move on from January 6th, 2021 is still doing audits of the November 3rd, 2020 election.
Of/off - drives me nuts to see that a man had been sucked of instead of off, for example.
Woman/women - this one I've been seeing quite frequently on here, in the forums mostly. It drives me nuts to see people referring to what should be a singular as a plural. Get it right: Woman = singular, women = plural, grr.
Woman/women - this one I've been seeing quite frequently on here, in the forums mostly. It drives me nuts to see people referring to what should be a singular as a plural. Get it right: Woman = singular, women = plural, grr.
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Of/off - drives me nuts to see that a man had been sucked of instead of off, for example.
Woman/women - this one I've been seeing quite frequently on here, in the forums mostly. It drives me nuts to see people referring to what should be a singular as a plural. Get it right: Woman = singular, women = plural, grr.
You wouldn't believe how much thread correcting goes on behind the scenes...
"I find it a bit of when a women is on her period, who about you?"
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You wouldn't believe how much thread correcting goes on behind the scenes...
"I find it a bit of when a women is on her period, who about you?"
Yeah, it must get tiring trying to correct silly mistakes like that. You'd think people would proofread their stuff, but I'm pretty pedantic, so I'll proofread everything, even forum posts.
As a British, native English speaker and English graduate, I am so happy to have found this forum and this paticular topic.
I admit that I am annoyingly pedantic, particularly when it comes to such as the mixing of "then" when it should be "than", the confusing of "there, "their" and "they're", "to" and "too" and the horrendous use of "of" instead of "have".
Some of these appear to be more used in American English, and some are more frequently in British use.
Oh, and I am completely with Gurlyboy. I also proofread everything. Sad, aren't we?
I admit that I am annoyingly pedantic, particularly when it comes to such as the mixing of "then" when it should be "than", the confusing of "there, "their" and "they're", "to" and "too" and the horrendous use of "of" instead of "have".
Some of these appear to be more used in American English, and some are more frequently in British use.
Oh, and I am completely with Gurlyboy. I also proofread everything. Sad, aren't we?
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Matriarch
I could care less then you about grammer. 
How many mistakes in that sentence?
How many mistakes in that sentence?
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I could care less then you about grammer.
How many mistakes in that sentence?
It be sure enough sounding good to me...
Let me just say "there, their, they're" Nic...
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I have to admit a post over on Facebook by Craig Hart, editor of The Rusty Nail gave me the idea for a poem...but, I really had to visit this thread first before starting it...
So...excuse me...
Arrested By The Grammar Police...
It seems that lately I can’t get no peace,
From all those so-called Grammar Police,
Who for some reason think that I should care,
The difference between there, they’re and their.
They want to analyze everything I say,
Just waiting for me to lie when I want to lay,
And I really think they just do it because,
They want to further some petty cause.
So, what I do is I mess with there head,
I write the word red when I really mean read,
And I couldn’t care less if they throe a fit,
Should I confuse the words elicit with illicit.
And it really don’t phase me if I’m derelict,
By writing something like “cause and affect,”
I’ll just stare and say “Whatcha gonna do?”
If I want to write that the sky is blew.
Though I really shutter at the very thought,
I’ll try to be discrete and not get caught,
But if they should arrest me and throe me in jail,
Just bee sure and come and post my bale.
05-06-12.
So...excuse me...
Arrested By The Grammar Police...
It seems that lately I can’t get no peace,
From all those so-called Grammar Police,
Who for some reason think that I should care,
The difference between there, they’re and their.
They want to analyze everything I say,
Just waiting for me to lie when I want to lay,
And I really think they just do it because,
They want to further some petty cause.
So, what I do is I mess with there head,
I write the word red when I really mean read,
And I couldn’t care less if they throe a fit,
Should I confuse the words elicit with illicit.
And it really don’t phase me if I’m derelict,
By writing something like “cause and affect,”
I’ll just stare and say “Whatcha gonna do?”
If I want to write that the sky is blew.
Though I really shutter at the very thought,
I’ll try to be discrete and not get caught,
But if they should arrest me and throe me in jail,
Just bee sure and come and post my bale.
05-06-12.
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Matriarch
It's time someone called for the bouncers...
Gingerbread Lover
This makes me want to post in the Rage Cage, but I might be wrong. 
"Dominate/dominant"
If you mean a person who is in control, they are a dominant person, and they dominate other people. They are not a dominate as a noun, it's a transitive verb (or something or other). They are a dominating dominant dominator who dominates. To be the "dominate" in a relationship isn't right! You would be the dominant (one) in the relationship. GRRRRR!
If I'm wrong, I will be so angry because it sounds so wrong to me! And now I've written so many variations of the damn word it ALL looks wrong!
"Dominate/dominant"
If you mean a person who is in control, they are a dominant person, and they dominate other people. They are not a dominate as a noun, it's a transitive verb (or something or other). They are a dominating dominant dominator who dominates. To be the "dominate" in a relationship isn't right! You would be the dominant (one) in the relationship. GRRRRR!
If I'm wrong, I will be so angry because it sounds so wrong to me! And now I've written so many variations of the damn word it ALL looks wrong!
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Cocolicious
Loose and lose...drives me nuts. And to, too and two is one of my biggest pet peeves, I cringe when I see it and yet when I'm rushing I still do it. Recently, I've seen a lot of breath and breathe.
It's I take a deep breath, not I take a deep breathe.
I breathe naturally, not I breath naturally.
But hey, we all make mistakes.
It's I take a deep breath, not I take a deep breathe.
I breathe naturally, not I breath naturally.
But hey, we all make mistakes.
