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

[dogmatix]

Yup. Sometimes I despair of the educational system. I mean I don't expect people to be perfect spellers, but a lot of it is just laziness and bad education on top of that. -_- (Spelling should not be a Thing in university classes)