MineralMan's Visual Guide to Commonly Misspelled Words: Issue 9

MineralMan

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Sun Jul-17-11 11:37 AM
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MineralMan's Visual Guide to Commonly Misspelled Words: Issue 9

Edited on Sun Jul-17-11 11:47 AM by MineralMan

For Issue nine of my guide, I'm going to choose a set of three homophones that cause great problems for many writers. To illustrate these homophones, I'll try not to use more than two images per word, since more would be too many.

To

The word to has many uses. It's one of our most frequently used prepositions:

Two

Two is not the loneliest number.

Too

As in Too many of anything.

No other illustration beyond a photo of the Duggar family is needed.

Here are the previous issues in reverse order
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x1495084
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x1487899
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x1481954
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x1481631
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x1481332
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x1480103
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x1479832

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fishwax

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Sun Jul-17-11 11:42 AM
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1. I think this is #9 -- you put up #8 yesterday

Edited on Sun Jul-17-11 11:42 AM by fishwax

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=439&topic_id=1502644

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MineralMan

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Sun Jul-17-11 11:46 AM
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2. Oopsie! I'll fix that!

Edited on Sun Jul-17-11 11:47 AM by MineralMan

Good catch, and thanks.

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WorseBeforeBetter

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Sun Jul-17-11 11:47 AM
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3. It appears MineralMan needs to work on basic counting. (n/t)

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MineralMan

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Sun Jul-17-11 11:52 AM
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5. I need to watch Sesame Street more often, it seems.

:rofl:

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PoliticAverse

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Sun Jul-17-11 11:49 AM
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4. At least he wasn't off by two. n/t

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MineralMan

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Sun Jul-17-11 11:52 AM
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6. That would have been too much!

:rofl:

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11 Bravo

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Sun Jul-17-11 11:53 AM
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7. You need to include "also" as a definition for "too".

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MineralMan

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Sun Jul-17-11 01:13 PM
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8. That's a good point, too.

I should have included it...maybe even two times, just to reinforce it.

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whatchamacallit

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Sun Jul-17-11 01:16 PM
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9. You actually made 9 of these self-aggrandizing "lessons"?

Edited on Sun Jul-17-11 01:28 PM by whatchamacallit

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MineralMan

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Sun Jul-17-11 01:48 PM
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11. Why, yes, I did. Why do you ask?

It appears that you have read at least one of them. It's a wonder that you bothered.

Thank you for taking the time to reply to my post.

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Morning Dew

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Sun Jul-17-11 01:19 PM
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10. Your preeching two the quire, of coarse.

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MineralMan

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Sun Jul-17-11 01:48 PM
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12. So it appears. LOL!

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