Why can't some people on PH spell definitely?

[Wacky Racer]

Sorry, but I have to get this off my chest....

I was lying in bed having a hot sweat at 3am last night thinking about this, in fact it's bothered me for years.....

I mean, it's not rocket science is it?, ..Please, please remember its DEFINITELY, not Definately....

Any other PH howlers?

[marshalla]

Loose, lose
break, brake
of, have
less, fewer


In fact, all the usual symptoms of impending global illiteracy encouraged by an inadequate education system - as has been discussed several hundred times, in threads just like this, in the last few months.

[Glassman]

your right

[Wacky Racer]

Glassman said:

your right

[marshalla]

there, their
there, they're
their, they're

there, there - it'll all be over soon.

McLaren, MacLaren

[poo at Paul's]

your deffo write.

[gilla]

agreed... Definately annoys me so much I correct others

[drivin_me_nuts]

phurhaps in the skheme of thinggs it meens dhiddley skhqhat and those wif a lhife kudent giv a rodents rectum how it spelled?

Surely there are better things to be doing at 3am. playing hide the sawsedge with the missus, five knuckle shuffle, even reading war and peace, but thinking how a word is not written correctly....

son, get a life!

[Mr AJ]

Wacky Racer said:

My gramma and wordery is gooder than yours.

EFA.

[Racefan_uk]

Worst one at present seems to be saying 'been' instead of 'being' and I've seen it written by so called intelligent adults too, not just kids writing in yoof spak...

[gilla]

drivin_me_nuts said:

son, get a life!

parenting standards were dramatically reduced during the labour gubbermint iniit!

[Glassman]

apostrophe's

[Exoticaholic]

know, now

[worsy]

Sorry but Brought, Bought is my pet hate. I've noticed people even say Brought aararrrrgh!

[Glassman]

Have: You should of known that this subject would of been covered many times before

[Flintstone]

I'm a spelling nazi but wasn't this subject done to death as long ago as oh, last week? Under the auspices of misuse of words but in true PH style it drifted into spelling.

More repeats than 'Dave'.

[Eric Mc]

Aha - this thread re-emerges yet again.

American spellings get me - licence/license, defence/defense etc.

Ignorance of use of the word "have" as in "could have", "should have", "would have" etc and using the word "of" ("would of", "should of"..... )instead. That to me just demonstrates downright ignorance of proper use of English or a stunning inability to recognise the correct form.

I don't care about typos. We all make them. But when someone obviously doesn't KNOW what the correct word to use is, that does concern me a bit.

[EDLT]

dont no what your talking about

[Flintstone]

Eric Mc said:

But when someone obviously doesn't KNOW what the correct word to use is, that does concern me a bit.

Well that didn't take long

[Mazda Baiter]

Apparently Sterling Moss and Jensen Button are annoyed too.