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Post by q8 on Sept 13, 2005 8:00:41 GMT
 I have difficulty in remembering the correct spelling of some words. 'definitely' being one of them and 'necessary' being another (I know them's right because I just looked them up) ChrisW quoted a rhyme to me about spelling the latter word. Something about sausages. Who else has a word they can never spell right?
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Phil
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Post by Phil on Sept 13, 2005 9:10:38 GMT
Separate. (always have trouble with that)
If you remember that definitely refers to finite things that should fix it in your mind
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Post by Chris W on Sept 13, 2005 9:39:07 GMT
;)ChrisW quoted a rhyme to me about spelling the latter word. Something about sausages. Never Eat Chips Eat Sausage Sandwiches And Remain Young... ;D ;D ;D Was taught that when doing A level English Literature...... still have problems with recieved though.... or is it received ;D ;D ;D EI... IE.... or never mind....... ;D  Also tend to write reports in Management speak.... that'll be a uni education for you (trainopd78 was just a year behind me on the same course.... how comes he turned out ok.... okish then ;D ;D ;D) |
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Post by Chris M on Sept 13, 2005 11:04:24 GMT
I was taught to remember necessary with "A shirt is necessary, it has one collar and two shoulders". The word I always get wrong is Liscence (or is it License / Lisence / some other combination?). I managed to spell it all three ways in a single paragraph the other day  The best numonic (sp!) I was taught was for triganometry - Sex On Holidays Can Affect Health To Old Age: SIN = Opposite & Hypotenuse; COS = Adjacent & Hypotenuse; TAN = Opposite & Adjacent. That I remember 10 years down the line, but I've completely forgotten what I'm actually meant to do with it (I never did completely 'get' trig), but the one time outside of a maths lesson I have ever had cause to use it was on an A-level geography field trip to calculate the angle of a stream. Chris |
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Post by Phil on Sept 13, 2005 11:27:41 GMT
Was taught that when doing A level English Literature...... still have problems with recieved though.... or is it received ;D ;D ;D " I before E, except after C, if the sound is eee " |
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Post by Tom on Sept 13, 2005 11:34:21 GMT
I never did completely 'get' trig I didn't even get taught it until after I'd left school. I cracked it for AC theory in Electrical Principles but never understood it for the purpose of practicing mathematics. |
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Post by Christopher J on Sept 13, 2005 16:29:42 GMT
I usually have problems spelling Dictoniary. (yes, that’s how I spell it! ) So I'm stuck if I want to look something up correctly! ;D |
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Post by Colin on Sept 13, 2005 20:33:37 GMT
Who else has a word they can never spell right? I quite often have trouble with words that are unnecessarily complicated - there you go, classic example. I use the spell check option quite often before posting, cos it me makes me look more cleverer innit ;D EDIT: the only word it said was wrong in this post was; innit ! |
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Post by Phil on Sept 13, 2005 20:46:43 GMT
So what word is always spelled wrong?
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Post by Chris M on Sept 13, 2005 21:22:53 GMT
So what word is always spelled wrong? Wrong ;D |
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Post by Dmitri on Sept 16, 2005 11:25:28 GMT
I use the spell check option quite often before posting I always use spill choker before posting as it really helps to look smart ;D. However it, being American, doesn't like British spellings like "colour" etc. etc. |
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Post by deckchair on Sept 16, 2005 14:01:57 GMT
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I have difficulty in remembering the correct spelling of some words. 'definitely' being one of them and 'necessary' being another (I know them's right because I just looked them up) ChrisW quoted a rhyme to me about spelling the latter word. Something about sausages.
