IT IS "DEFINITELY" Can we please please please learn just that one?

[LordPalmerston]

bad night

You'll get directed to pedants" corner. This won't end well. Hope you feel better soon.

In Glasgow it is very often 'definately'

Power to you Lord P !

As a dyslexic this is my hardest work to spell I rarely use it, because it causes me such issues.

that is one of the words I really struggle to spell

Fully agree OP. The number of times I've read "defiantly" for "definitely" is annoyingly high on this site. And it's not an autocorrect thing as I've just tried it.

I always spell this one wrong,I've even managed to confuse my autocorrect it's that bad!

In Scotland it is pronounced definETly in a very dramatic way.
Are you up for a night oot?
DefinETly!

If you remember that it contains the word finite, you will remember how to spell it.

It's 'certainly', when I have my moments of doubt!

It used to be 'frequent loose stools' too before I learnt that 'diarrhoea' is 'Doesn't It Always Run Really Horribly Over Each Ankle'.

There is usually a suitable alternative if you are unsure of a spelling.

Oh and 'There, Their and They're', they all begin with THE, so no excuse for Thier. 'Here and there' for There, They are contracts to They're, so that leaves only Their for belonging to them!

MammaTJ I actually love you for that post. I will never mis-spell diarrhoea again! Huzzah!

kinkytoes you will forget it was me in time, the same as I forgot who posted it on MN originally!

I am a student nurse and have shared it with a few of my cohort!

Hahahahha at mammaTJ, that is rather super

Lord P you need coffee my love < strokes hair>

Yo Finbar, you bin out up to no good with 'er again, hmmmm?

Definately, definitely....

Potato, potaahto...

Definitely is a spelling I always struggle with, no idea why

And exercise..keep trying to stick an extra c in!

And spellcheck is no bloody help either!

I quite like it when people use defiantly instead. It's invariably amusing in context.

Lol. Who are you F?

I always bridle at, 'Your going to' and suchlike, but the ones I hate the most are, 'What stationary do you like?' and, 'I'm sending the invites.' These two are inexcusable, imvho.

Invites. Ew. So working class

I have tried and failed to learn how to spell above mentioned word, I have given up and now tend to use absolutely.

Yabu to be so narrow minded about people's possible learning difficulties.

Lol? Lol? That would be LOL.

The way I teach it is through etymology -

If something is FINITE, it will DEFINITELY FINISH.

From the Latin finire, to end... Which gives us all those words above (and the French finir, to end/finish).

Also, separate has a rat in it... I get pupils to draw an evil looking rat, eating an e.

And stationEry involves Envelopes.

Ah Ehhn has beaten me to it - I always find it helps to remember that the word 'finite' is in the centre of the word.

Very much like the mnemonic for diarrhoea - I have never heard that before!! I have just been teaching dd 'nice elegant cats eat savoury sausages and raspberry yoghurt' for necessary. It's one I have relied on for years!