Thursday, July 23, 2009

A Common Spelling Error...

...that absolutely drives me up the wall is 'definate'. That's not how that word is spelled. It is as follows: d-e-f-i-n-i-t-e. Definite. Not 'definate' or 'defanate' or 'defanite', or anything else. 'Definite' is the only correct spelling. Thank you.

posted by Frenchy at 11:57 AM

5 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

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4:52 PM  
Blogger Frenchy said...

For future reference, degrading remarks will not be permitted within the confines of this blog. I have also decided to disable anonymous commenting.

9:13 PM  
Blogger Bruski said...

Defiant.

8:57 AM  
Blogger Mary French said...

Here's a good site that addresses this sort of thing:

http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/errors.html

I have found it very helpful.

8:58 AM  
Blogger Being and Quirkiness said...

Funny, I was wrestinlg yesterday with the difference between definitely and definitively. Btw, if you have an interest in transcendentals, please check out Being and Quirkiness. :)

1:02 PM  

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