I made a post about how it bothers me when people mix up words like scrap and scrape. Then the very next post I made I mixed up weather and whether. Actually, this was one I didn't know about. I am glad Aunt Krissy pointed it out to me and gave me the definitions for both of them.
I decided to make this a lesson for my girls. I figured if I didnt know the correct usage of wether/weather/whether they might not either. I am going to have them look up and give the definition of the following words:
weather
wether
whether
scrap
scrape
affect
effect
clothe
clothes
cloth
Does anyone know of other words often misused? I am so happy to learn about the weather/whether/wether one.
I thought of one after reading your previous post. I often see "lose" and "loose" used incorrectly. Someone will write, "I don't want to loose these small pieces."
ReplyDeleteThanks Bev,
ReplyDeleteI already had the girls working on this list and so am going to use your suggestion for next weeks list. I will keep trying to think of more words like this.
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I had a whole post about words like that. I have a problem with too and to. Sow can be a female pig or planting a field or sewing. It's no wonder they say that English is hard to learn.
ReplyDeleteYes, you do have a right to your opinion. I might just be over sensitive about spelling.