Today's SPELLING LESSON - Democratic Underground

UdoKier

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Tue Nov-23-04 01:54 PM
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Today's SPELLING LESSON

It's "definitely", not "definately"

also "hermaphrodite", not "MORPHODITE"!

Please feel free to correct your pet peeve misspellings!

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Worst Username Ever

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Tue Nov-23-04 01:56 PM
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1. Old standby, looser v. loser

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Richardo

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Tue Nov-23-04 02:02 PM
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3. I second.

...and ironically, that's a great username, Worst Username Ever. :D

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DjTj

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Tue Nov-23-04 01:56 PM
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2. hypocrisy

not hypocracy

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LisaM

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Tue Nov-23-04 02:02 PM
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4. Supercede...

it's actualy supersede. I saw it spelled wrong on something official the other day - some voting thing.

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BrklynLiberal

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Tue Nov-23-04 02:06 PM
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5. SEPARATE......

Edited on Tue Nov-23-04 02:07 PM by BrklynLiberal

SEPARATE not seperate

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Wallflower_Liberal

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Tue Nov-23-04 02:42 PM
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13. I always remember that by saying...

There is A RAT in separate

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bluetrain

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Tue Nov-23-04 02:14 PM
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6. Your vs. You're

"Your" is 2nd person possessive.
"You're" is a contraction for "you are".

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UdoKier

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Tue Nov-23-04 02:18 PM
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7. "are" as a possessive

"This is are swimming pool."

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Semi_subversive

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Tue Nov-23-04 02:29 PM
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8. Affect and effect

Affect = influence
Effect = result

Also: there, their and they're

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UdoKier

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Tue Nov-23-04 02:39 PM
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10. accept and except used interchangeably

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pdx_prog

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Tue Nov-23-04 02:44 PM
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15. there there now....lol

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sandnsea

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Tue Nov-23-04 02:33 PM
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9. memory, not

shit I forgot what word I was typing...

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realisticphish

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Tue Nov-23-04 02:41 PM
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11. lets see

nuclEAR, not nukular

couldn't care less, not COULD care less

regardless, not irregardless

:hippie: The Incorrigible Democrat

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commander bunnypants

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Tue Nov-23-04 02:42 PM
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12. yall bunch of gramer nasi

ppptttttt

CB

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UdoKier

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Tue Nov-23-04 02:43 PM
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14. Actually, we're spelling nazis, not grammar nazis.

Start your own grammar thread, if you like.

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commander bunnypants

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Tue Nov-23-04 02:44 PM
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16. mee baad

I suck at grammer but pretty good wid spelling

HAH

CB

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arwalden

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Tue Nov-23-04 02:49 PM
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17. Your Such A Looser. There Loosers To.

Edited on Tue Nov-23-04 02:50 PM by arwalden

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