Most misused word
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I rarely hear 'momentarily' used correctly. It means for a moment, rather than in a moment. E.g. "I will be with you momentarily" doesn't mean what people intend.
Affect and effect are often confused too - there are a few exceptions, but in 99% of cases affect is a verb and effect is a noun.
Incredible means to lack credibility, rather than meaning extremely good.
Affect and effect are often confused too - there are a few exceptions, but in 99% of cases affect is a verb and effect is a noun.
Incredible means to lack credibility, rather than meaning extremely good.
Podie said:
Like.
It appears to have become commonplace to add it to sentences where it simply isn't needed. "I was like watching TV" - oh, so what exactly were you doing!
This. It appears to have become commonplace to add it to sentences where it simply isn't needed. "I was like watching TV" - oh, so what exactly were you doing!
It like drives me like mad the number of like times my children like say like, like.
They don't seem to appreciate the irony when I answer them and say like every alternate (and yes I do mean alternate not alternative!) word!
As far as written usage is concerned, I suspect there's a link with reading. I wouldn't be surprised if the people who aren't always sure which spelling to use are also the people who don't read a huge amount.
Perhaps because they generally only hear these words or phrases, they aren't sure which spelling to use when writing them, hence the confusion when it comes to words like sought/sort, break/brake, their/there/they're, cue/queue, two/to/too, bait/bate, tow/toe, etc.
Perhaps because they generally only hear these words or phrases, they aren't sure which spelling to use when writing them, hence the confusion when it comes to words like sought/sort, break/brake, their/there/they're, cue/queue, two/to/too, bait/bate, tow/toe, etc.
Edited by Risotto on Saturday 1st March 21:37
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