It's de finite ly. Please try to learn it

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Definitely is definitely the most common spelling mistake on MN.

My teacher at school many years ago taught us it is de FINITE ly.

AIBU to share this tip?

Righto

Oh shit! the shame! I have definately been spelling it wrong for ages, oh fuck, sorry!

I definately struggle with seperate!! . I have taught myself to spell it properly only by knowing that when I write separate and it looks odd, I know it's the right way (same as definitely, and different as well come to think of it?)

I too often see people talking about vaccinations as 'jags' instead of 'jabs'.

Seriously? Jags?

I was always to taught to remember about the RAT in sepaRATe. Works for me.

I confess. I am one of the people who can't spell it! Every way I try it doesn't look right, even when I spellcheck it...

Really Brumblebee - how does that help then? It's the PAR in separate that people need to remember.

Another annoying one is people writing loose when they mean lose.

Perhaps what Brumblebee meant was the rule I was taught: "there's always a-rat in separate." Works for me

BTW, am I the only one who has murderous thoughts at the use of 'hun' or 'hunni?'

Ours when you separate you get the PARts

Thank you victoriaplum, that is exactly what I meant to say.

One that annoys me is enormity used instead of enormousness when referring to size rather than monstrous wickedness.

Ooh ooh ooh! Let me join in!

Surprise - two Rs

Accommodation - two Cs two Ms

Separate - the Es with As

Lose - not loose you slaaaaaaaaaag

Sorry.

I remember spelling by visual memory and shape. But, as I've got older and my brain is more tired, I am making more and more mistakes - including definitly, as it does not look right at all and is not pronounced with a "nit"

But the english language spelling is a right pain - german is so easy.
My main problem now is when the "e" is dropped before a y or ing.
Loose and lose are pronounced differently, so don't understand the problem there.