Handy Forum Words

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Advice; advise. If I advise you on something, I am giving you advice. I cannot give you advise, since advise is a verb and verbs are doing words and cannot be given.

define advice - Bing

define advise - Bing



Averse; adverse. Someone can be risk averse. Risk adverse does not exist.

If you are in a court case, you may get an adverse decision. You cannot get an averse decision, or be risk adverse. You might be averse to an adverse decision, but this would not be a great word choice because of the possibility of confusion.

define averse - Bing

define averse - Bing

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[BOBOT]

I am averse to your adverse advice. Please advise.

 

[travelover]

principle vs principal - drives me nutz when misused

Grammar Girl : "Principal" Versus "Principle" :: Quick and Dirty Tips ™

 

[REWahoo]

Handy forum words...

Grammar police

 

[travelover]

Handy forum words...

Grammar police

Like this?

 

[REWahoo]

Like this?

+1

 

[Gumby]

.Grammar Nazis - YouTube

 

[robnplunder]

Chuckle. Slightly off topic .... I tend to go to chicken to eat kitchen. I can never get those two words (chicken, kitchen) right.

 

[haha]

Handy forum words...

Grammar police

Maybe so, but why would someone resist learning a few simple things that may make a difference in many areas of life?

Ha

 

[tmm99]

lose vs loose

 

[Gumby]

lose vs loose

Don't be a looser; we run a tight ship here.

 

[robnplunder]

Sight vs site. Listen to my advise. Don't loose site of your goal or it will have averse affect to your rehirement . Now, arrest me.

 

[bjorn2bwild]

My excuse-

Dyslexia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyslexia#cite_note-1 is characterized by difficulty with learning to read fluently and with accurate comprehension despite normal intelligence.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyslexia#cite_note-2http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyslexia#cite_note-ninds1-3http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyslexia#cite_note-4 This includes difficulty with phonological awareness, phonological decoding, processing speed, orthographic coding, auditory short-term memory, language skills/verbal comprehension

and-

A common misconception about dyslexia is that dyslexic readers write words backwards or move letters around when reading – this only occurs in a very small population of dyslexic readers.[45] Individuals with dyslexia are better identified by reading accuracy, fluency, and writing skills that do not seem to match their level of intelligence from prior observations.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyslexia#cite_note-5http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyslexia#cite_note-6http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyslexia#cite_note-7

 

[HFWR]

I prefer vices to vises...

 

[38Chevy454]

Too many people use two or more spellings for the word to.

I also get affected by the effect.

 

[Pleeplus]

"Bare" with me :^>

 

[Walt34]

Somehow I doubt this with have an affect on what people writ on the forum.

 

[flotsamandjetsam]

Capitol and capital: The Capitol is a specific building in Washington DC, our nation's capital.

The difference between capital and capitol (grammar lesson)

 

[Hermit]

Sight vs site. Listen to my advise. Don't loose site of your goal or it will have averse affect to your rehirement . Now, arrest me.

I'm SO confused!

 

[steelyman]

It's hard to write correctly on mobile devices.

 

[timo2]

Could someone please develop a electronic random (grammatically correct) post generator so we don't have to bother thinking up the posts ourselves and risk drawing the attention of any stray grammar police that may be wandering by?

 

[Tailgate]

live in an Army base area that is home to the 1st Cavalry Division.... Calvary vs. Cavalry comes up occasionally... had local news reporter screw it up... Jesus wasn't in the Cavalry.

 

[Marita40]

their, they're, there
it's, its Lots of people simply can't learn this one!
rod iron vs. wrought iron. Craigslist is often a hoot grammar-wise.

 

[Marita40]

There's an Emily Dickinson poem that mentions Calvary. I once had a student read it as Cavalry and write an entire essay on the (non existent) martial theme of the poem.

 

[H2ODude]

Irregardless of what you say, I'm not understanding the thread.