words; Options

[Smarmosaur]

what are some words you get mixed up? (other then they're/there/their and you're/your and such)

i get my "american" and english words mixed up a lot. i started thinking about it because of the whole realized topic.
i find myself using a lot of english words, even though i grew up in the US. (i'm 100% scottish)
my most common ones are color/colour and realized/realised.

[JCLore]

im australian
and ive lived here all my life
but i have american books at school
so

Meter/Metre
Liter/litre
Center/Centre
Color/Colour
etc

[Jennifer]

im australian
and ive lived here all my life
but i have american books at school

Eh same here. I've always been accustomed to the English way, (colour, favourite, realised) but as I'm getting older I'm basically just using the first way that comes to mind. Plus nearly all the books I read are American, so then that way of spelling sticks in my head more.

One of the main words though, is center/centre. Gets me everytime I'll sit there for minutes thinking which one I should use haha

[MissHygienic]

One of the main words though, is center/centre. Gets me everytime I'll sit there for minutes thinking which one I should use haha

Speaking of which, "every time" is two words.

[tokyo-rose]

Speaking of which, "every time" is two words.

It annoys me that most of the people I talk to don't know it's two words, but I've learned to ignore it otherwise I would have killed somebody by now. ERGH. I blame it on Britney Spears's song "Everytime."

[MissHygienic]

It annoys me that most of the people I talk to don't know it's two words, but I've learned to ignore it otherwise I would have killed somebody by now. ERGH. I blame it on Britney Spears's song "Everytime."

I blame it on her, too. You would expect something "published" to be correct, but no, everyone screws it up.

Same with "every day," except when it's used in the right context. "Every day" is normally two words unless you're using it as an adjective of sorts. Like, your everyday clothes. But not the clothes you wear every day. God.

[tokyo-rose]

I blame it on her, too. You would expect something "published" to be correct, but no, everyone screws it up.

Same with "every day," except when it's used in the right context. "Every day" is normally two words unless you're using it as an adjective of sorts. Like, your everyday clothes. But not the clothes you wear every day. God.

I'm sure that people used "everytime" as one word before her song came out, but it was then that people assumed it must be one word since song titles are supposed to be right. Pft.

"Everyday" vs. "every day" just depresses me. I've given up trying to teach people the difference between the two.

...we're such grammar freaks.

[MissHygienic]

I'm sure that people used "everytime" as one word before her song came out, but it was then that people assumed it must be one word since song titles are supposed to be right. Pft.

"Everyday" vs. "every day" just depresses me. I've given up trying to teach people the difference between the two.

...we're such grammar snobs.

It hurts me when people mess it up constantly. Where have you been all of my life?! I've never met anyone who was on the same level as me about this grammar shit.

There are a ton of mistakes that I'm sure you and I agree about, but I've learned to accept their ignorance. We need to start some grammar revolution.

[tokyo-rose]

It hurts me when people mess it up constantly. Where have you been all of my life?! I've never met anyone who was on the same level as me about this grammar shit.

There are a ton of mistakes that I'm sure you and I agree about, but I've learned to accept their ignorance. We need to start some grammar revolution.

You hadn't joined CreateBlog yet! It's fate.
I've only met one other person who's as much of a freak about it as I am.

It annoys me so much to see people using commas where semicolons or colons would be correct, especially in long sentences. End comma abuse!