Grammar/spelling you keep forgetting about?

[classical_hero]

I always forget about the the 'I' before 'E' except after 'C' rule when I am right and sometimes I confuse it the other way around when it isn't after C. It can be confusing. Thankfully I have a spell check that reminds about this. Also when I have words with double letters, so often I do the wrong letter twice and it looks rather silly, but again thankfully the spell check corrects me in time before I normally post it.

 

[warpus]

I could never remember how to spell bureaucracy but thanks to my French friend it makes perfect sense now and I can every time (bureau is the word I remember, cracy is added at the end)

So now that that's fixed.. the one word I can't remember how to spell is exaggurraattee

 

[classical_hero]

Yeah that is a tough word.

 

[The_J]

I've always forgot how to spell address, but I've finally figured out that it's because you spell it only with 1 d in german.

 

[Quackers]

all of it

 

[Murky]

I have a bad habit with It's and Its that I'm trying hard to break.

The confusion between it's and its occurs because on virtually every other word 's indicates possession, so English speakers naturally want to use it's to mean "something belonging to it." But it's is only used when it's a contraction of it is or it has.

 

[Winner]

Extremely - extremelly, I always write double L (this is really confounding, why isn't it there?! Realistically, there should be double L). I also sometimes forget the "s" to indicate plural, but that's more of a typo than an honest error.

Plus a lot of grammar mistakes I don't know about because English isn't my native tongue, obviously.

 

[Smellincoffee]

The distinction between "that" and "which" is lost on me. I look it up from time to time in the vain hope of remembering.

There was a time, when taking sociology classes regularly, that I could spell bourgeoisie flawlessly, but that's deteriorated. I think I can remember bour + geo+ isie though. Sometimes I resort to "burgher", but no one outside of the history department knows I'm referring to living arrangements and socio-economic status with that word instead of way of eating meat.

 

[gangleri2001]

Verrat - Fahrrad

I blame Der Untergang for this mistake.

 

[Synobun]

I've always had a problem spelling diarrhea (oh wow actually spelled it right the first time).

 

[Dachs]

Extremely - extremelly, I always write double L (this is really confounding, why isn't it there?! Realistically, there should be double L).

Why should there be a double L? Making an adjective into an adverb usually entails adding the -ly suffix. "Extreme" + "ly" = "extremely". You're not making an adverb out of "extremel".

 

[Defiant47]

I could never remember how to spell bureaucracy but thanks to my French friend it makes perfect sense now and I can every time (bureau is the word I remember, cracy is added at the end)

My problem has always been the sound of that word. "Bu" has way more vowels being sounded out than "reau". I've always spelled it out starting with "beau".

The distinction between "that" and "which" is lost on me. I look it up from time to time in the vain hope of remembering.

that - no comma
which - comma

The sand creates an oil that can be used as fuel.
The sand creates an oil, which can be used as fuel.

(...I think)

 

[Floating Pants]

I've always had trouble affect/effect. Affect is never a noun, but effect sometimes can be - ugh...

Also, I could never understand the spelling of consciousness as it's different from conscience, and I have trouble understanding between conscience and conscious...

And I couldn't spell Renaissance for the longest time.
And the spelling of 'solely' has always confused the mess out of me.

 

[ZeletDude]

I always misspell definitely as defintely..

 

[madviking]

That/which

And random words I cannot spell on any consistent basis. What they are escapes me.

 

[Tecknojock]

For the longest time I read epitome as ep-i-tome, and so I wondered why I had never seen epitome written and never heard ep-i-tome spoken.

 

[mangxema]

For the longest time I read epitome as ep-i-tome, and so I wondered why I had never seen epitome written and never heard ep-i-tome spoken.

The unfortunate downside to reading a lot when I was younger is that there are several words that I have accidentally trained myself to mis-know. I had (have? ) a similar problem with 'mischievous', which in my head sounded something like 'mischevious'. It's really hard to correct.

 

[IdiotsOpposite]

I have this huge problem with expirament, er I mean experiment. I seriously do.

 

[Tee Kay]

I'm never ever sure on how to spell apperently/apparantly/apperantly/appearantly/apparently

 

[rugbyLEAGUEfan]

Is "don't say stupid stuff" a grammatical rule ? If so , I'm always forgetting that one