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Can 't anyone spell these days?

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NotSpaghetti Fri 29-Nov-24 18:05:31

Yes, Grandmabatty - some of it is "autocorrected".

I found two "to"s in a WhatsApp post I'd sent the other day. Both were supposed to be "too"s. That's one I don't get wrong!

Celieanne86 Fri 29-Nov-24 18:04:37

We were taught little reminders at school for spelling dont teachers do that now.
The girls put their costs over there. Two girls were going to the party too. Never eat cake eat salmon sandwiches and remain young.(necessary). Stationary is car. Stationery is paper.
Richard of York gave battle in vain (rainbow) and my favourite My very educated Mother just served us nine pickles 🤭 sounds like a spy exchange I love it and yes I went to a girls school but these mnemonics have come in so useful over the years.

Grandmabatty Fri 29-Nov-24 17:46:32

Often it's an auto correct which has been missed or people are dyslexic. I have few issues with misspellings in texts etc. I really don't like them in newspapers or subtitles or printed material.

Grandma70s Fri 29-Nov-24 17:21:35

I often notice loose instead of lose.

I suspect there were always bad spellers, but we didn’t see their mistakes so much because they weren’t expressing written opinions on the internet, for everyone to see.

petra Fri 29-Nov-24 17:12:00

This thread could be a goer. Nothing GransNetters like more than a bad spelling thread.😂

Delia22 Fri 29-Nov-24 17:05:16

I have noticed quite a bit recently there seems to be a trend of spelling incorrectly. For instance; there instead of their when referring to someone. To instead of too when talking about too much of something. I,m sure there are other examples.It just seems another example of falling standards!