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The following list, of about 350 words, is based on documented lists [4] [10] of the top 100, 200, or 400 [3] most commonly misspelled words in all variants of the English language, rather than listing every conceivable misspelled word. Some words are followed by examples of misspellings:
apostrophe: no audible release: k̚, t̚, etc. removed k', t', etc. apostrophe: palatalization: k̟, tʲ, etc. common in X-SAMPA: K T etc. uppercase letters (not small capitals) fortis: k͈ t͈, etc. used by some Koreanologists: ɔ̩ vowel with tilted line below lower-pitched rising / falling tone contour
Full Form a’ight (informal) alright ain’t (informal) am not / is not / are not / has not / have not / did not (colloquial) [1] amn’t: am not [2] ’n’ / ‘n’ (informal) and arencha (informal) are not you / aren't you (colloquial) aren’t: are not [3] ’bout (informal) about can’t: cannot cap’n (informal) captain ’cause ...
Some sources distinguish "diacritical marks" (marks upon standard letters in the A–Z 26-letter alphabet) from "special characters" (letters not marked but radically modified from the standard 26-letter alphabet) such as Old English and Icelandic eth (Ð, ð) and thorn (uppercase Þ, lowercase þ), and ligatures such as Latin and Anglo-Saxon Æ (minuscule: æ), and German eszett (ß; final ...
The "Banksy of punctuation," who uses stickers rather than paint, denies it's a crime to go around the city to improve standards.
Apologetic apostrophes generally occurred where a consonant exists in the Standard English cognate, as in a' (all), gi'e (give) and wi' (with). The practice, unknown in Older Scots , was introduced in the 18th century [ 4 ] by writers such as Allan Ramsay , [ 5 ] Robert Fergusson and Robert Burns as part of a process of Anglicisation .
The White House in a transcript of the speech also added an apostrophe to the 81-year-old’s poorly timed criticism less than five days before the 2024 election.
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