greenbelt@lemy.lol to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-24 days agoWhat is a typical spelling mistake you make?message-squaremessage-square60fedilinkarrow-up136arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up135arrow-down1message-squareWhat is a typical spelling mistake you make?greenbelt@lemy.lol to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-24 days agomessage-square60fedilinkfile-text
For me common spelling mistakes include confusing some of these word pairs. loose vs. lose then vs. than were vs. where
minus-squarethermal_shock@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoThis one’s easy, remember reecee, so it’s rEcEive.
minus-squareKalcifer@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-22 days agoI just try to keep the mnemonic “I before E except after C” [1] in my brain. References Type: Definition (Webpage). Title: “receive”. Publisher: “Merriam-Webster”. Accessed: 2025-09-19T07:04Z. URI: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/receive.
minus-squarethermal_shock@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agoDon’t follow those stupid rules, there are so many exceptions not even sure how that shit got coined. Welcome to English
minus-squareKalcifer@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-221 hours agoDo you mind referencing some of the exceptions that you have in mind to the aforementioned rule?
recieve vs. receive
This one’s easy, remember reecee, so it’s rEcEive.
I just try to keep the mnemonic “I before E except after C” [1] in my brain.
References
Don’t follow those stupid rules, there are so many exceptions not even sure how that shit got coined. Welcome to English
Do you mind referencing some of the exceptions that you have in mind to the aforementioned rule?