Wordos

Wordos来临! Wordos来临! Wordo戒备

由比尔· Moore aka教授。 Wordo ？ ？

实际上， wordos这里已经是。 大概是自使用那个new-fangled工具开始的人-文字-除存货名单之外，做某事。 因为您在字典不会发现wordo，我将开始以定义和有些例子。

Wordos与错别字有关，因为他们是差错在文字，但他们是不同的，因为他们不是拼错或信件故障中。 象错别字，他们由大家做，并且，竟管我们的最佳的努力， wordos出现到处。 从类时事通讯到纽约时代周刊的威严的页。 一般来说有wordos的三个基本的类型。 聪明地，我称他们类型A，类型B和类型C。

做了您要求自己， “是它站点或援引，礼拜式或权利和原则或者校长？” 然后使用错误一个？ 因为它不错误，看什么并且您的拼写检查程序没有帮助。 并且没有，只要拼写是。 问题是他们是同音字，词声音，但不同地被拼写并且有不同的意思。 我称这些类型Wordos，并且有很多`em。

当类型Wordo属于语法时一般标题，它得到是类型B Wordo。 您知道您想要使用代词，但它可能那里，他们，或者他们是(更多同音字)。 或您使用一个代词，并且您得到她，并且她混合了。 错放的撇号也是分成这个类型。 当什么应该是时复数成为占有欲，男孩’家庭而不是男孩的家庭，您有类型B。 这些大概是最共同的wordos和经常最坚硬捉住。

为设法是真正地准确的人，当它来到选择正确的词时，有类型C提防的Wordo。 这，当您做出错误选择在二个词之间时，因为他们在偶然文字得到互换或者他们是关系了甚至重叠的意思的词。 You write, “Presently, he’s sleeping,” instead of “currently,” Or, you write, “The landscape was primordial,” when you really meant “primeval.” Some common pairs are between vs. among, less vs. fewer, aggravate vs. annoy and historic vs. historical.

I must admit that I know a lot about wordos because I go looking for them. I hunt them down. They can make for some pretty amusing reading. I especially like the mental pictures they conjure up. In an article about getting published, the writer described meeting an editor who was very negative about his work. He wrote, “I was so crushed that I left with my tale between my legs.” Just picture that. He went in with his novel, and after the editor told him how bad it was, he left with the manuscript clamped between his knees. Now, that’s a wordo worth its salt. And that’s only one of hundreds I’ve collected (or committed).

About The Author

Bill Moore (aka Prof. Wordo) is the author of Write Rite Right: A Compendium Of Homonyms, Homophones, & Frequently Misapplied Words. Because of his half-century love affair with all things language-related, written and spoken, and his degrees in theatre and English, Bill has the credentials and the passion to produce consistently well-researched content backed up by recognized authorities on the most widely accepted standards of usage. Visit Bill’s Website, http://www.WriteRiteRight.com, to sample his choice of subjects and writing style and to read the latest Write Rite Right newsletter.

The Wordo Alert columns by Prof. Wordo identify and explain frequent misuses of words-even by professionals-in a style that is light and entertaining but absolutely spot on when it come to how words should be used.