Leanna Tomlinson Posted September 18, 2009 Share Posted September 18, 2009 Mine are: vacuum recommend AND........curriculum!!! (yes, I am a homeschool mom, but I always have to think about this one.) Tell me I'm not alone! Leanna Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich with Kids Posted September 18, 2009 Share Posted September 18, 2009 Cheif/Chief I know it follows the rule, but I always have to think it through. And tommorrow/ tomorrow... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jen500 Posted September 18, 2009 Share Posted September 18, 2009 Definitely. I always want to spell--definately. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WTMindy Posted September 18, 2009 Share Posted September 18, 2009 oh my, yes!!! I have always had a hard time with before/forward and which one gets that pesky e. And believe me, there are many others!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teachermom2834 Posted September 18, 2009 Share Posted September 18, 2009 their or is it thier- I know once I think about it but I stumble. tomorrow and recommend Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LauraGB Posted September 18, 2009 Share Posted September 18, 2009 restaraunt/restaurant thier/their thief/theif My kids taught me that friends are fried ends, otherwise I messed up the ei/ie in that one for years. I have to say the "i before e except after c..." whenever I spell anything with those two letters in it. Still to this day. And I'm a pretty great speller, believe it or not! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annie Posted September 18, 2009 Share Posted September 18, 2009 Available and definitely. :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElizabethB Posted September 18, 2009 Share Posted September 18, 2009 Definitely. Before I learned a bunch of phonics and phonetic spelling rules, the list was much longer. Here's an example of a word I used to misspell and the rule: Truly: Words where the final e is dropped after a letter u or w: truly, awful (I used to want to spell it truely until I learned the rule, even through I wrote it often, I couldn't remember it to save my life until I learned the rule.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Mungo Posted September 18, 2009 Share Posted September 18, 2009 Occasion and pursue are the two words that I'm always having to look up, just to be sure. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeaganS Posted September 18, 2009 Share Posted September 18, 2009 Tomorrow is one of mine. I didn't know until I was 18 that it wasn't spelled tomarrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elegantlion Posted September 18, 2009 Share Posted September 18, 2009 Firefox spell check is my friend. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AuntPol Posted September 18, 2009 Share Posted September 18, 2009 which, soccer (want to make it soccor for some reason) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teeleigh2000 Posted September 18, 2009 Share Posted September 18, 2009 sepArate, despErate See? How does that make sense? I always mix up which gets an "a" and which gets an "e" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lisasaysto Posted September 18, 2009 Share Posted September 18, 2009 (edited) TeeLeigh, at some point in my education, I learned this mnemonic device: There is "a rat" in separate. Now, I don't know *why* this is easier for me remember, but I don't misspell it anymore. LOL I have trouble with the word yield. I always type it yeild first. Edited September 18, 2009 by lisasaysto Apparently mnemonic is another word I can't spell. LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Word Nerd Posted September 18, 2009 Share Posted September 18, 2009 I usually have to look up privilege because it just doesn't look right to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosie_0801 Posted September 18, 2009 Share Posted September 18, 2009 Definitely. I always want to spell--definately. Argh!! I'm trying to train myself on this one and am making progress!! I've finally got the hang of restaurant, and am very proud of myself for that. :) Rosie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RebeccaS Posted September 18, 2009 Share Posted September 18, 2009 vacuum I'm forever having to look that one up. But, I have always remembered bureau ever since I messed it up in the spelling bee. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brooketopia Posted September 18, 2009 Share Posted September 18, 2009 brocolli..or is it broccoli? I think it's the latter. I have to spell it both ways and I choose different depending on my mood. I used to have a problem with separate, but for some reason I started thinking of a paring knife whenever I thought of the word and how I use it to sePARate fruit segments. Now I have no problem with it.:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spinning Posted September 18, 2009 Share Posted September 18, 2009 Rhythm and Convenient Rhythm: I think there should be a vowel of some kind after the th. Convenient: I have no excuse for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leanna Tomlinson Posted September 19, 2009 Author Share Posted September 19, 2009 I thought of another one that used to always stump me until I spelled in wrong in a thank-you note to my sweet grandmother. Of course she had to correct me so I didn't keep making the same mistake.:) grateful OR greatful ?? It always confused me because if things are GREAT then you are Greatful...right? And if things grate on your nerves, you are not grateful....right? WRONG! Of course grateful comes from GRATITUDE, but it took embarassment for me to remember this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jumping In Puddles Posted September 19, 2009 Share Posted September 19, 2009 exercise, recommend, definitely. exercise I always want to spell excercise or exersize, or exersise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lauriep Posted September 19, 2009 Share Posted September 19, 2009 recommend and commitment Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mothersweets Posted September 19, 2009 Share Posted September 19, 2009 sepArate, despErateSee? How does that make sense? I always mix up which gets an "a" and which gets an "e" I have trouble with those words, too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caitilin Posted September 19, 2009 Share Posted September 19, 2009 occasion, recommend, and my own name when I am typing...:tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawn in OH Posted September 19, 2009 Share Posted September 19, 2009 My first year homeschooling I discovered I did not know how to spell curriculum. Every time I typed that word I got it wrong, and not even the same mistake each time. I have trouble with rhythm. Exercise, I had trouble with until about 2 months ago. I kept spelling it excersize. I was so proud when I stopped spelling it incorrectly. Religious....ohhh I just got it right. I was mistakenly using an e for the first i, I have no idea why because I know it doesn't make sense phonetically. That's the word I've been focusing on correcting recently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eternalknot Posted September 19, 2009 Share Posted September 19, 2009 For me it's similar. Or is it similiar? Shoot. It's one of those LOL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
In the Rain Posted September 19, 2009 Share Posted September 19, 2009 recommend and commitment These are my two. It is handy you typed them out, because I couldn't have done it without spell check. :tongue_smilie: I recently mastered separate, because the "r" separates 2 "a"s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KidsHappen Posted September 19, 2009 Share Posted September 19, 2009 (edited) restaraunt/restaurant Rhythm These two for me. I have to look them up every single time. I always have dictionary.com open at the same time. The weird thing is, it seems like every word I actually check is right. So most of the time, if there is a mis-spelled word in my post, you can pretty much assume that it was a typo not a mis-spelling. Except words where I think one word and then type something else entirely. I do that when I am talking as well. I think that is old age sneaking up on me. I frequently leave words out as well. I am hopeless. ETA: I also have a horrible time with words that have the s/z problem between American versus British spellings. I must have had a British teacher somewhere along the way because I have problems with punctuation that varies between the two as well. Edited September 19, 2009 by KidsHappen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thescrappyhomeschooler Posted September 19, 2009 Share Posted September 19, 2009 I'm bilingual in English and French, so words that are similar, but slightly different always mess me up, such as address and adresse envelope and enveloppe develop and développer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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