Helpful spelling page!
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Obviously it's "dyslexia".
My girlfriend implied that, so I suggested that people with dyslexia should not hold positions where it is important they their written communication is of a high standard.
That didn't go down well with her
Soldato
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Good thread, more please! 
My spelling is total carp.
My spelling is total carp.
Soldato
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I before E except after C. 
Associate
That's one of those damn exceptions or optionals. A posessive apostrophe following a terminal S can be either s' or s's - it's personal choice or (in this case) customary usage.
I've always been a total breasthead over apostrophes - yet it was only relatively recently that I finally discovered that "it" can never be posessive. "The dog's danglies" is fine, but there is no apostrophe in "the dog licked its danglies."
That is correct, yet it's always annoyed me vaguely.
I before E except after C.
Not true!!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/clips/p00csy6m/qi_i_before_e_except_after_c/
Rich
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Eh dinnie ken whet the **** yer on aboot !
Associate
Please also add to the first post the difference between "to" and "too". This is my pet hate.
Several things I don't understand are the difference between "who" and "whom", "while" and "whilst".
It's the laziness that gets me. And it's not just limited to English (二0一0年).
Several things I don't understand are the difference between "who" and "whom", "while" and "whilst".
It's the laziness that gets me. And it's not just limited to English (二0一0年).