What spelling mistake do you hate/notice the most?

Plurals that are not in the gentive case but have been equipped with apostrophes!

Urmstongran

It’s ‘i’ before ‘e’ except after ‘c’ Wyllow3. 😁

Eeeeek. 😂 😂😂
Of course.

completely beleiveable (sic)

‘Hoisted’ by his own petard (instead of just hoist) irritates me!

My mother always said that you liken to and differ from eddicat stuck in my mind.
Another one which has been cropping up recently is the misuse of 'diffuse' and 'defuse' .

It’s ‘i’ before ‘e’ except after ‘c’ Wyllow3. 😁

"different to" instead of "different from" - it annoys me and Stephen Fry!
Otherwise I'm keeping quiet about spelling. I used to be an excellent speller but it is definitely deteriorating as I get older

a before e except after c.....

Apostrophes in the right place - I'm wobbly on that one.

Ah yes, Romola. I was going to say that these things don’t bother me much unless they’re printed, as on signs or flyers, but I used wrongly for me and less for fewer get me every time! I think it’s because they’re becoming the norm now.

I suppose I just have to remind myself that language evolves.

🤣

Cillafan

Definitely spelt definately grates with me !

It's often spelt defiantly too.

He gave it to my husband and I

Received an email this morning from a well known greeting card from that I use

It is easily done.

Hung instead of hanged - as in the convicted prisoner was hanged.

Puzzlelove

Received an email this morning from a well known greeting card from that I use. Why don’t these mistakes get noticed? I hate seeing this spelling mistake.

Good thing it’s not moving!

JackyB

I hadn't heard the "e for envelope" mnemonic. If I was confused about it I would just say to myself "you get stationERy from the stationER"

…having parked your stationAry cAr.

But we see appalling mistakes here every day, made by people of our own age - and there are posters who always make the same mistakes.

I think the problem is that a generation has grown up taught by young teachers who themselves weren’t taught English grammar.

Defiantly (definitely )
Tiered (tired)
Where (were)
Loosing (losing)
Would OF (would have)

All in one young (30s) Facebook friend’s post this morning.

Apostrophes used incorrectly are another bugbear.

Our regional newspaper reported yesterday on a man dying from “hyperthermia” as his house was so cold. The young journalists they employ make huge mistakes every week and never improve.

Sarnia

There, their and they're.
As for the OP, I was taught at Grammar School to remember that stationery had an 'e' in it for envelope. I have never forgotten it. Texting has a lot to answer for.

I went into The Works store and told them they should correct stationary to stationery on the sign in their window.

Using the wrong word - floor for ground, less for fewer, but very commonly used now so perhaps I’ll just have to get used to language changes.

Off of

Presumably this greeting card company is sending you every happyness !

I hadn't heard the "e for envelope" mnemonic. If I was confused about it I would just say to myself "you get stationERy from the stationER"

‘Your’, when it should be ‘you’re’. It happens so frequently.