Being successful at anything requires being good at all things that revolve around it. That doesn’t mean you have to be a master of all things, but it does require you to have a good understanding of things around your interest, and a willingness to change those things in which you are weak.
Being a successful blogger is the same. In order to become successful you need to be good at online marketing, grammer, persuasion, networking, and an all around extremely good understanding of your particular niche.
We all know this and you’ve probably already hear it a million times since starting your blog, but something that’s often overlooked when bloggers are working so hard at everything else to be successful is spelling.
Spelling can make or break a post. It can be the difference between a simple meaning of a sentence, and can be strong enough to either cause a reader to subscribe or go somewhere else.
Here are 30 commonly misspelled words (spelled the correct way). Print these out and hang them by your desk to help you avoid ever misspelling them again.
- A lot
- Allege
- Amateur
- Apparent
- Believe
- Caffeine
- Committed
- Conscious
- Conscience
- Definitely
- Embarrass
- Exceed
- Gauge
- Grateful
- Hierarchy
- Humorous
- Liaison
- Maneuver
- Mischievous
- Privilege
- Queue
- Receive
- Recommend
- Rhythm
- Separate
- Sergeant
- Supersede
- Transferred
- Vacuum
- Weird
What words do you often see misspelled?
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My name is Steven Sanders and I'm a Professional Blogger, Izea Insider, Web Designer, Social Media Enthusiast, Dad, Husband, and Friend.
Great point! While I can usually get the point of the post, it’s a bit distracting when spelling and grammar are off. I know it’s online and we’re a bit more casual, but still keep language in mind.
a handy list…. I am sure I have glanced at it more than once today
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Not only is spelling a common stumbling block, but so are words that are transposed, ie: writing a real word that sounds the same but means something different. Some common examples are two/to/too, accept/except, and there/their/they’re.
The one I have the most trouble with is remembering when to use “affect” or “effect”. The best way I have figured out to remind myself is that “a”ffect is an “a”ction that I do. Effect is the result of that action. It’s a lot more complicated than that, but this is a good enough rule of thumb that I can remember.
@Steven A list of these homonyms and their proper usage might be a useful post in the future!
31: “teh” or “the”. I think I get that one wrong all the time! lol.
Sergeant….I always mess that one up.
I always misspell “Amateur” (I had to copy/paste it right now to ensure that it’s spelled correctly). But then again English is not my first language so I guess it’s ok.