The hardest word in the world to spell correctly (Colombia, volcano)
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I never had an issue with there their and they're. or to too and two.
Rather my issue is with affect and effect. i can NEVER remember when to use which one, idk why I have like some sort of mental block with it. It's so annoying sometimes.
Also mediterranean .... i frequently eff that one up.
As xander already said, we don't have problems with immigrate / emigrate because those words are extremely similar to the Italian immigrare/emigrare. This similarities between English and Italian (for the Latin derived words) could be useful in a lot of cases, but can also give some trouble when the spelling are really similar but not exactly the same (for example "relevant" vs "rilevante", or "particular" vs "particolare").
But I can't do the same with English, because in English words with the same pronunciation could have a different spelling, and words with the same spelling could have a different pronunciation!
The main problem that I have with English in practice is that I can't predict the spelling of a word when I hear it, nor I can predict the pronunciation of a word when I read it for the first time. In practice I have to remember the pronunciation and the letter by letter spelling of every new English word I learn.
well, I think your English is very good!
... Spelling in English isn't a problem for me, but I do prefer the way Italian words are spelt as they are heard.
I think most can blame mis-spells on Auto-correct built in to their computers nowadays....I know I have had to edit more posts than ever since I got my new laptop..Drives me crazy.
In Canada fo r example many words such as color/colour indicate my color as INCORRECT...But up here we don't spell it with the "U" But knowing that makes me smile..so try to remember to include the "U's" as I post with mostly American's..Us Canadian's are non-plussed by such things
I'm sure those who post from outside of North America..and English is NOT first language can get confused...Personally, I'm impressed how well everybody handles it!!
You've obviously downloaded your web browser from an American website, which comes with a preinstalled American dictionary.
Microsoft and Mozilla (FireFox) also offer British English dictionaries as service packs that you can add to your browser and set as your default spell check. All of those nasty red lines and error messages will go away.
I never had an issue with there their and they're. or to too and two.
Rather my issue is with affect and effect.
Other words that give people problems are except and accept.
On another thread here, a Dutchman wrote that he drank "whine" instead of wine for Easter. That's funny. I love wine, but I hate whiners.
Last edited by RDM66; 04-06-2015 at 04:49 AM..
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