Is there one word that you ALWAYS have to spell check?
By KellyGwen
@KellyGwen (193)
United States
June 24, 2010 5:17pm CST
For the life of me I just CAN'T learn how to spell this one word. Unfortunately it's "unfortunately" (Yes, I just "left clicked" both of those). I've tried reading it repeatedly, writing it repeatedly... it just won't stick!! I can spell supercalafragalisticexpialadocious without trying... what is Unfortunately's issue??? The stubborn thing...
Do you have that ONE word that you just CAN'T spell no matter how many times you try? If you've finally learned to handle that word, how did you do it???
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11 responses
@shoofeer1 (9)
• Malaysia
24 Jun 10
Hm, YES! in fact there are few of them. No matter how hard I try to memorize them, they always let me down. They happen to be words that have -ei or -ie combination in them. Example: receive, believe, relieve...etc. I always mix them up, either putting the e or i in the wrong position.
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@KellyGwen (193)
• United States
24 Jun 10
I repeat "i after e except after c" in my head constantly... just like "righty tighty lefty loosey" and a bunch of other annoying rhymes.. lol
Thanks for responding!! :)
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@mario_stevens (6971)
• Malaysia
25 Jun 10
you're missing a 'k' in 'supercalafragalisticexpialadocious'... you might need to upgrade to the spell check 22.0. i heard that it's 22 times more better than the 1.0 
hehe...sorry, couldn't resist 
hehe...sorry, couldn't resist 1 person likes this
@KellyGwen (193)
• United States
24 Jun 10
I forgot about that one!!! That's one of mine too!!!! I guess I'll just have to stick to diners... lol (notice how I deftly avoided using the word in my answer? lol)
Thanks for commenting!
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@rainbowink (296)
• Philippines
25 Jun 10
Yes, it has something to do with the doubles and the triples lol: accommodate, commission, writing (which I sometimes spell WRITTING) urrrg, nahhh I can go on but it would be a huge shame on my part XD
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@Innovative94 (64)
• Singapore
25 Jun 10
Oh my god. You just hit me on the spot . Seriously , I really have a word that I can't spell .. I've been trying to memorize it in my head since young and until now , i haven't been able to do it .
It's the word "whether" . I'll always always always spell it as "wheather" or even "weather" .
Please give me some advices, what can i do to memorize it .
@KellyGwen (193)
• United States
25 Jun 10
You are asking the WRONG person! lol.. I hope someone else can help with some nice mnemonic devices... I need them too!!
@dawnald (85135)
• Shingle Springs, California
28 Jun 10
It's not spelling so much as typing. My fingers always want to make group "gruop", for example...
@don_naces (464)
• Philippines
25 Jun 10
Actually, there are a lot of words that I do really need to spell check. These words are scientific. I am not familiar with them but I keep on encountering them everyday in my work. Before uploading my files, I always make sure to spell check.
@Professor2010 (20162)
• India
25 Jun 10
I get confused in words like color/colour, favor/favour, check/cheque, english language is funny no doubt, but why different spellings in us and uk?
Thanks for sharing.
Welcome always.
Cheers.
Professor
Cheers.
Professor
@alaskanray (4636)
• United States
25 Jun 10
I have a pretty good command of the English language and spelling is one of my strong suits. I was second in my 5th grade spelling bee. The only problem that I can't seem to be perfect in is whether to use the word affect or effect in a sentence. The meanings are so similar, it's hard to keep them straight and use them appropriately. 
The only problem that I can't seem to be perfect in is whether to use the word affect or effect in a sentence. The meanings are so similar, it's hard to keep them straight and use them appropriately. 