Wordos

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由比爾・ Moore aka教授。 Wordo ？ ？

實際上， wordos這裡已經是。 大概是自使用那個new-fangled工具開始的人-文字-除存貨名單之外，做某事。 因為您在字典不會發現wordo，我將開始以定義和有些例子。

Wordos與錯別字有關，因為他們是差錯在文字，但他們是不同的，因為他們不是拼錯或信件故障中。 像錯別字，他們由大家做，并且，竟管我們的最佳的努力， wordos出現到處。 從類時事通訊到紐約時代週刊的威嚴的頁。 一般來說有wordos的三個基本的類型。 聰明地，我稱他們類型A，類型B和類型C。

做了您要求自己， 「是它站點或援引，禮拜式或權利和原則或者校長？」 然後使用錯誤一個？ 因為它不錯誤，看什麼并且您的拼寫檢查程序沒有幫助。 并且沒有，只要拼寫是。 問題是他們是同音字，詞聲音，但不同地被拼寫并且有不同的意思。 我稱這些類型Wordos，并且有很多`em。

當類型Wordo屬於語法時一般標題，它得到是類型B Wordo。 您知道您想要使用代詞，但它可能那裡，他們，或者他們是(更多同音字)。 或您使用一個代詞，并且您得到她，并且她混合了。 錯放的撇號也是分成這個類型。 當什麼應該是時複數成為佔有慾，男孩』家庭而不是男孩的家庭，您有類型B。 這些大概是最共同的wordos和經常最堅硬捉住。

為設法是真正地準確的人，當它來到選擇正確的詞時，有類型C提防的Wordo。 這，當您做出錯誤選擇在二個詞之間時，因為他們在偶然文字得到互換或者他們是關係了甚至重疊的意思的詞。 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.