10 words you need to stop misspelling

Good resource for anyone who attempts to communicate occasionally via the written word.

http://theoatmeal.com/comics/misspelling

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Permalink Reply by in it to win it 8.0 mi on April 4, 2012 at 8:43am

nucular

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Permalink Reply by David P. on April 4, 2012 at 12:06pm

The Oatmeal also did a great comic on this word and its misuse. There is a hilarious t-shirt of it that my awesome girlfriend got for me.

David

Vando said:

My thing is not misspelling certain words, but I hate when people use the word "literally" when they really don't mean it.

"My heart literally dropped out of my chest!"

Really?

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Permalink Reply by Far'arned Retrogrumpalunkus #63 on April 4, 2012 at 12:10pm

Nucular is even worse that POCKistan -but not by very much.

Both are ridiculous.

in it to win it said:

nucular

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Permalink Reply by John Wirtz on April 4, 2012 at 3:55pm

I guess I mostly do scientific and academic writing. "Data is" sounds weird to me.

mindfrieze said:

"Data" isn't always plural. From dictionary.com:

Usage note
Data is a plural of datum, which is originally a Latin noun meaning “something given.” Today, data is used in English both as a plural noun meaning “facts or pieces of information” ( These data are described more fully elsewhere ) and as a singular mass noun meaning “information”: Not much data is available on flood control in Brazil. It is almost always treated as a plural in scientific and academic writing. In other types of writing it is either singular or plural.

John Wirtz said:

The word "data" is plural