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.

[MissHygienic]

It's so much more annoying when people don't apply them when they should because I see it much more often. Commas are abused, hyphens are not.

The improper use of effect/affect also bothers me. People can never seem to get that one correct.

I've also seen, "would of," "should of," and "could of" a lot around here. That just hurts me. I thought that mistake ended a long time ago.

[tokyo-rose]

I've also seen, "would of," "should of," and "could of" a lot around here. That just hurts me. I thought that mistake ended a long time ago.

I can understand that error up until the person writing it is a certain age. It bothers me that high schoolers still make that mistake.

Another one of my favorites is "anymore" vs. "any more"; similar to "everyday" vs. "every day." People just don't know that "anymore" is about time and "any more" is about quantity.
Anymore: "I can't eat this anymore."
Any more: "I can't eat any more of this." TWO WORDS.