Commonly Misspelled Words

COMMONLY  MISSPELLED  WORDS  part A

There are some frequently used words that are important to memorize.   They are often misspelled even by native speakers and misunderstandings can result. For that reason it is important to learn their meanings and spelling. In today’s modern life of texting and short forms in emails, words that can be misunderstood should not be shortened.  Communication does not occur if the other person does not understand.

Ache                      could                     here                      read                       too

Again                     country                  hoarse                   ready                     trouble

Always                  dear                       hour                      said                        truly

Among                  doctor                    instead                  says                       Tuesday

Answer                 does                      just                        seems                    two

Any                       done                     knew                     separate                 used

Been                      don’t                     laid                       shoes                     very

Beginning               early                      loose                    since                      wear

Believe                   easy                      lose                      some                     Wednesday

Blue                       enough                  making                 straight                   week

Break                    every                     many                    sugar                     where

Built                      February                meant                   sure                       whether

Business                forty                      minute                 tear                        which

Busy                     friend                    much                     their                      whole

Buy                       grammar              none                      there                     woman

Can’t                     guess                    often                     they                       won’t

Choose                 half                        once                      though                 would

Colour                   having                   piece                     through                 write

Coming                 hear                       quiet                     tired                      writing

Cough                   heard                    raise                      tonight                 wrote

Hay algunos palabras que se usa frecuentemente que vale el trabajo de memorizar su definiciones y como se escribe.  Aun hay personas nativos que los escriben mal y eso puede causar un mal entendido. En la vida moderna de mensajes de texto y correo electrónico con abreviaciones, palabras que pueden ser mal entendidos no las deben acortar.  No hay comunicación si la segunda persona no entiende lo que escribe la primera.  

Make?? or Do??

MAKE??  or  DO??  

As an ordinary verb “do” means to perform an action, or occupy oneself with something. 

Examples: What is Jan doing in Vermont?  She is not doing anything- she is making a speech and making new friends in a new language. The treatment is doing me good... it is reducing the pain.

“Make” in the dictionary is defined:

to produce something as in constructing material or joining parts,

to bring about (make trouble),

to prepare for use…made dinner / a bed

to bring a person or thing to do something, come to have or be by work…he will make a good scholar

to lay down …as rules, or form in the mind… a decision

to judge as to a person’s nature… what do you make of him

to serve for given purpose .. this makes good reading

to reach by traveling… make one’s destination

to deliver,  as a speech, or cause to appear

Do= hacer, obrar, ejecutar, terminar, desempeñar, representar, asar, cocer, recorrer, cumplir con, peinar, rendir, tributar, resolver problema, limpiar el cuarto, actuar, proceder, convenir, ser suficiente, estar, encontrarse, etc.

Make= hacer, crear, formar, construir, practicar, ejecutar, efectuar, constituir, causar, ocasionar, componer, producir, terminar, acabar, creer, deducir, inferir, calcular, ganar, obtener, granjear, adquirir, server de, portarse como, convenir en, forzar, obligar, compeler, inclinar, inducir, fabricar, confeccionar, elaborar, aderezar, preparar, disponer, arreglar, alcanzar, llegar a, etc. 

También cada uno tiene usos en instantes particulares… tipo idiomáticos… consulta un diccionario para una visión más amplia que estos pocos ejemplos de los más comunes:

Progresos…make progress

Caras…. Make faces

Tortas… make a cake

Escojes… make a choice

Charla… make a speech

Amistades… make friends

Problemas… make trouble

Esfuerzo… make an effort

Pelicula… make a film

Chiste… make a joke

Alzarse con… make off with

Recobrar tiempo perdido… make up lost time

Tareas de casa… do housework

Jardineria… do the gardening

Compras… do the shopping

Negocios… do business

Lavar los platos… do the dishes

Tareas de estudios… do homework

Repetir… do over again

No vale/ sirve… that won’t do

No tener nada que ver con…. Have nothing to do with