I hate it. And this is the right place to rant about it, right? I don't mind people confusing your and you're, or then for than, but when I read "seperate" my eyes cringe. It's painful.
AAAAAAAGH
WHY.
I hate it. And this is the right place to rant about it, right? I don't mind people confusing your and you're, or then for than, but when I read "seperate" my eyes cringe. It's painful.
AAAAAAAGH
WHY.
14 Comments
Kolanaki@pawb.social · 11 pts · 1y
I'm a writer and always did exceptionally well in English; I also sometimes can't remember how to spell separate. Imagine how difficult it is for someone who doesnt know English as their primary language. Or an average American.
pelya@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 1y
To separate is to part, not to pert. Easy.
Mothra@mander.xyz · 2 pts · 1y
English is not my primary language either, I wonder if that has anything to do with it. BUT I STILL HATE IT
funbreaker@kbin.earth · 9 pts · 1y
Welcome to English where the spelling is made up and the rules don‘t matter.
jordanlund@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 1y
Don't hate me...
People here say "sep-rate".
Mothra@mander.xyz · 3 pts · 1y
Thanks for pointing that out. I wrote "say" in the same sense one would say writing can convey what one says. But my problem is specifically with writing. So I've amended the post title.
Hawke@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
I’ve never heard any difference in how people pronounce that word. Can you make it more explicit? Recordings perhaps?
Strath@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
Sep-er-ate vs sep-ret
f4f4f4f4f4f4f4f4@sopuli.xyz · 2 pts · 1y
Sep-ret as the adjective, sep-a-rate as the verb? That's how it's said where I am.
mech@feddit.org · 2 pts · 109d
This is one of the mistakes I keep making cause it's pronounced "seperat" in my dialect.
reddig33@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 109d
“There’s a rat in separate.”
lokiprime@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 1y
If it weren't for spellcheck, I'd definitely make this mistake.
FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 110d
I actually didn't know the verb and adjective are spelled differently
Mothra@mander.xyz · 2 pts · 109d
"seperate" isn't a word in english. Separate is spelled the same way if used as a verb or adjective, sorry.