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Things I'll never learn
Feb. 8th, 2006 01:25 pmWhen I was a kid I had the hardest time distinguishing between 'b' and 'd' and between 'p' and 'q.' It gave me fits and many tears were shed. Although it took me a while, I've pretty much gotten those straight, but there are still a number of words or rules of grammar that I can never, ever keep in my head. The top contenders:
lie, lay--I often get it right by chance, but if I have to be sure, I must look it up. Every single damn time.
loose/lose and choose/chose--for some reason I can't get these right, even though I know which one to say--I just can't seem to spell the one I want.
breathe/breath--same as above.
effect/affect--I know the rule, but I still get it wrong sometimes when I don't think about it.
like/as--I've pretty much surrendered on this one. I'm sure I use 'like' incorrectly all the time. I blame my California upbringing.
Not to say, of course, that I don't have many, many other problems. Feel free to point them out.
lie, lay--I often get it right by chance, but if I have to be sure, I must look it up. Every single damn time.
loose/lose and choose/chose--for some reason I can't get these right, even though I know which one to say--I just can't seem to spell the one I want.
breathe/breath--same as above.
effect/affect--I know the rule, but I still get it wrong sometimes when I don't think about it.
like/as--I've pretty much surrendered on this one. I'm sure I use 'like' incorrectly all the time. I blame my California upbringing.
Not to say, of course, that I don't have many, many other problems. Feel free to point them out.
