Misspelled words

Many people say: English is not an easy language to learn.

Do you think so? If yes, why?

If you do not think so, is it because you can speak, read and write in English? Well, the fact of the matter is that learning a language is a little difficult than most people think because everyone does not learn the correct usage, at least as far as spellings of words go.

There are some words in English that are commonly misspelled-

(Misspelled- there’s a double ‘s’ and a double ‘l’.)

Their, They’re, There- The most common mistake. “Their” means belonging to a group of people. “They’re” is a contraction of “they are” and “There” is in reference to a place.

‘Your’ and ‘you’re’- “Your” means belonging to someone in the second person. “You’re” is a contraction of “you are”. This is the most commonly misspelled word.

People seem to face problems where there are double letters. The trick is to pronounce the word and spot the places where the syllables are stressed. This makes it easier to spell words correctly.

Another area where people tend to botch up is in the usage of ‘i’ and ‘e’. There is a rule to remember which order to use these letters in- “i is always after e, except after c”. For example- the word believe is written with the letter ‘e’ after the letter ‘I’, whereas the words ‘receive’ and ‘deceive’ see the letter ‘e’ before the letter ‘I’.

Let us study some more examples-

Lose- the verb form of the word ‘loss’. The opposite of the word win
Loose- not tight

Its- an indicator of possession
It’s- the contracted form of “it is”

Definitely- it is NOT spelled with the letter “a” as in definately’

Weather- snow, rain, sunshine, humidity, are types of weather
Whether- a word used as a substitute of “if”

A lot- it is NOT a word

Then- used to specify a particular time
Than- used for the purpose of comparisons

These are few of the commonly misspelled words in the English language. But these are only a few. The best way to avoid spelling mistakes is to read a lot. Have fun working on your spellings!

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