atw: Re: words to watch out for
- From: "Bob Trussler" <bob.trussler@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2007 12:08:14 +1100
Some time back, I agreed to collect the responses into a list.
This it it.
Bob T
Tricky Words
This is a list of words that usually pass spellchecking, and that may not be
noticed by the writer and even a proof reader.
You may want to run a Find and check each occurrence.
an/any
bee / been
coma / comma
disk - dick
filed - field
fist/first
flare - flair
form – from
hare, hair
Her - here
if --- of
managment - management
manger -- manager
Martial - marital
mentions/mentioned .. and other incorrect tenses
odes -- does
Public - pubic
String - strong
string - strong
sue - use
suit/suite
the/then
there, their, they're
though/through
where, ware, were, we're
whether, weather, wether
wok/work
your, you're, yore
There are a hundred or so her (*Hmmm is this 'here'?*
<http://www.yourdictionary.com/library/misspelled.html>
<http://www.rinkworks.com/words/misspelled.shtml>
and 507 here
<http://www.esldesk.com/esl-quizzes/misspelled-words/misspelled-words.htm>
And more
http://lists.topica.com/lists/editorium/read/message.html?mid=1708127357
http://lists.topica.com/lists/editorium/read/message.html?mid=1708293844
On 10/5/06, Bob Trussler <bob.trussler@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Years ago, I had a list of words to look for when doing a final spell and
'sensibility' check.
I looked for every filed/field, form/ from, disk/dick (yes it went out in
a doc, something about floppy dicks … I am not making this up) and a heap of
others, many of them anagrams.
Does anyone have a list of tricky words to look out for?
Bob Trussler
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