Pet Peeve - Spelling/Grammar

[dogmatix]

I run into this every so often and it drives me up the wall.

defy - to object, to refuse
defiantly, adj., eg. - He threw down the glove defiantly.

definite - sure, certain
definitely, adv., eg. - She definitely swam ten laps.

Do not use defiantly when you mean definitely!!

I don't know if it's just a weird spellcheck thing that nobody catches but I notice it. Oh boy do I notice it. -_- The 'lose/loose' and 'they're/there/their' situations are infuriating enough, but this is. They're not even. Whhyyyyyyyy?! D:

Comments

[darkicedragon]

Haaaaa, I remember making that mistake when I first started writing - that was because I couldn't spell 'definitely' so spellcheck helpfully told me 'defiantly'. *snerk*

[dogmatix]

Yeah, it's close in letters, so I figure at least some of it is a spellchecker being 'helpful,' but maaaan it's discouraging to see it over and over. *wry*