10 words you need to stop misspelling

Good resource for anyone who attempts to communicate occasionally via the written word.

http://theoatmeal.com/comics/misspelling

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Permalink Reply by Julie Hochstadter on April 4, 2012 at 10:45am

Kevin is a great editor, he sometime helps with the weekly newsletter. Good man.

Kevin C said:

rode/road

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Permalink Reply by James BlackHeron on April 4, 2012 at 11:15am

Data is usually plural anyhow. It's silly to get all bent out of shape over this -like people who go nuts over the term "forks" or "handlebars."

Using the words bars and forks in the context of bikes is not a big deal IMHO. There are always the grammar nazis who can't stand this. It used to be bone of contention in the motorcycle world back in the 70's and 80's until many motorcycles started using clip-ons and other multi-piece bars and made the point moot. I have noticed that many bicycles have also been using mult-piece bars with bar-ends and other strange contraptions in the tri-world where they will tri anything it seems to go a little bit faster or be a little bit more aero. So bars might come to be a little bit more accepted in the bicycling world too as time goes on.

Enough with talking about the singularity. I have to go hem my pant with a scissor because my seam is too long.

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Permalink Reply by dan brown on April 4, 2012 at 2:23pm

my pet peeve is 'effect' vs. 'affect'

OK I feel better now.

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Permalink Reply by in it to win it 8.0 mi on April 4, 2012 at 2:43pm

nucular

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Permalink Reply by David P. on April 4, 2012 at 6:06pm

The Oatmeal also did a great comic on this word and its misuse. There is a hilarious t-shirt of it that my awesome girlfriend got for me.

David

Vando said:

My thing is not misspelling certain words, but I hate when people use the word "literally" when they really don't mean it.

"My heart literally dropped out of my chest!"

Really?

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Permalink Reply by James BlackHeron on April 4, 2012 at 6:10pm

Nucular is even worse that POCKistan -but not by very much.

Both are ridiculous.

in it to win it said:

nucular

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Permalink Reply by John Wirtz on April 4, 2012 at 9:55pm

I guess I mostly do scientific and academic writing. "Data is" sounds weird to me.

mindfrieze said:

"Data" isn't always plural. From dictionary.com:

Usage note
Data is a plural of datum, which is originally a Latin noun meaning “something given.” Today, data is used in English both as a plural noun meaning “facts or pieces of information” ( These data are described more fully elsewhere ) and as a singular mass noun meaning “information”: Not much data is available on flood control in Brazil. It is almost always treated as a plural in scientific and academic writing. In other types of writing it is either singular or plural.

John Wirtz said:

The word "data" is plural