Browse Rules: 6,148 matches
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| Description | Example | Category |
|---|---|---|
| ...you vary (very) much | Thank you vary much. | Possible Typo |
| 'hasn't' + irregular past tense verb | They haven't bit their tongue. | Possible Typo |
| 'Could've' + irregular past tense verb | We could've ate the chicken. | Possible Typo |
| an every day (everyday) | You shouldn’t wear an every day outfit to the wedding. | Possible Typo |
| an every day (everyday) | These shoes are great for every day wear. | Possible Typo |
| all ways (always) | He all ways takes the last piece of cake. | Possible Typo |
| there fore (therefore) | And there fore everything is important. | Possible Typo |
| self fish (selfish) | He doesn't listen to anyone because he is very self fish. | Possible Typo |
| every where (everywhere) | There are bugs every where. | Possible Typo |
| figure head (figurehead) | The boss was merely a figure head. | Possible Typo |
| flag ship (flagship) | This was the flag ship store. | Possible Typo |
| how ever (however) | We knew, how ever, that he would come around. | Possible Typo |
| laughing stock (laughingstock) | The fool was the laughing stock of the town. | Possible Typo |
| mean while (meanwhile) | Mean while, back on the farm... | Possible Typo |
| nation wide (nationwide) | There was a nation wide epidemic. | Possible Typo |
| near by (nearby) | There were some stores near by. | Possible Typo |
| new comer (newcomer) | There were many new comers at the concert. | Possible Typo |
| now a days (nowadays) | Now a days, there isn't much hope. | Possible Typo |
| now-a-days (nowadays) | Now-a-days, there isn't much hope. | Possible Typo |
| now-a-day (nowadays) | Now-a-day, there isn't much hope. | Possible Typo |
| on going (ongoing) | It is a widely held belief that continues to be a factor in their on going support of the war. | Possible Typo |
| on going (ongoing) | There is an on going investigation. | Possible Typo |
| out grow (outgrow) | The little guy would soon out grow his clothes. | Possible Typo |
| out side (outside) | There were more tables out side. | Possible Typo |
| over looked (overlooked) | There were several details we over looked. | Possible Typo |
| over looking (overlooking) | We were over looking the Grand Canyon. | Possible Typo |
| over rated (overrated) | The movie was highly over rated. | Possible Typo |
| over seas (overseas) | He was stationed over seas. | Possible Typo |
| over seas (overseas) | He was stationed over sea's. | Possible Typo |
| short coming (shortcoming) | Being on time was his biggest short coming. | Possible Typo |
| short cut (shortcut) | I know a short cut. | Possible Typo |
| side kick (sidekick) | He had a zany side kick. | Possible Typo |
| sky diving (skydiving) | We went sky diving. | Possible Typo |
| some how (somehow) | Some how, we made it out alive. | Possible Typo |
| them selves (themselves) | They were falling over them selves. | Possible Typo |
| back fire (backfire) | His plans always back fire. | Possible Typo |
| world wide (worldwide) | There was a world wide epidemic. | Possible Typo |
| worth while (worthwhile) | It was a worth while endeavor. | Possible Typo |
| way side (wayside) | We let it fall by the way side. | Possible Typo |
| along side (alongside) | The car pulled up along side. | Possible Typo |
| be cause (because) | It was all be cause of you. | Possible Typo |
| be ware (beware) | Be ware of the bears. | Possible Typo |
| before hand (beforehand) | We packed before hand. | Possible Typo |
| down side (downside) | There was no serious down side to the plan. | Possible Typo |
| through out (throughout) | We felt awkward through out the play. | Possible Typo |
| on-going (ongoing) | There is an on-going investigation. | Possible Typo |
| light weight (lightweight) | He is the best light weight boxer in the world. | Possible Typo |
| light weight (lightweight) | It is really light weight. | Possible Typo |
| light weight (lightweight) | It is fast and light weight. | Possible Typo |
| heavy weight (heavyweight) | He is the best heavy weight boxer in the world. | Possible Typo |
| heavy weight (heavyweight) | It is really heavy weight. | Possible Typo |
| free lance (freelance) | We did some free lance work for the company. | Possible Typo |
| free lancer (freelancer) | He was a free lancer. | Possible Typo |
| free lances (freelances) | He only free lances for the CIA. | Possible Typo |
| free lancing (freelancing) | His free lancing work is fantastic. | Possible Typo |
| VB a while (awhile) | He was expected to forget a while after the fact. | Possible Typo |
| key words (keywords) | You have to enter the key words. | Possible Typo |
| crowd sourcing (crowdsourcing) | Mechanical Turk is an example of crowd sourcing. | Possible Typo |
| meta data (metadata) | Tika's library takes meta data into account. | Possible Typo |
| past time (pastime) | This was America's favorite past time. | Possible Typo |
| any where (anywhere) | Put your stuff down any where. | Possible Typo |
| some where (somewhere) | There's a place for us, some where. | Possible Typo |
| a bail out (bailout) | The bail out was too expensive. | Possible Typo |
| out come (outcome) | What was the out come? | Possible Typo |
| comprised of | This is an album comprised of of great songs. | Possible Typo |
| comprised of | The Tenderloin is an area comprised of the seedy sort. | Possible Typo |
| comprised of | The Beatles were a band comprised of great musicians. | Possible Typo |
| comprised of | The lawsuit was comprised primarily of false accusations. | Possible Typo |
| comprised of | It was entirely comprised of people. | Possible Typo |
| comprised of | The song was comprised chiefly of B chords. | Possible Typo |
| comprised of | The part comprises of the whole. | Possible Typo |
| comprised of | This is a country comprising of independent people. | Possible Typo |
| comprised of | It's tough to think you comprise of mostly water. | Possible Typo |
| comprised of | The proposal was comprised of faulty assumptions. | Possible Typo |
| comprised of | The missiles were comprised of nuclear warheads. | Possible Typo |
| comprised of | The ants, which comprised of the colony, were asleep. | Possible Typo |
| comprised of | The album will be comprised of synthetic sounds. | Possible Typo |
| comprised of | The ants will comprise of the colony. | Possible Typo |
| comprised of | The ants would comprise of the colony. | Possible Typo |
| comprised of | Theirs was a government comprised of warring factions. | Possible Typo |
| comprised of | The government is comprised mostly of idiots. | Possible Typo |
| comprised of | The government is comprised of idiots. | Possible Typo |
| political gaffs (gaffes) | There were some serious political gaffs committed that day. | Possible Typo |
| political gaff (gaffe) | His novel was a huge cultural gaff. | Possible Typo |
| were MD | Were could we sleep tonight? | Possible Typo |
| were MD | Were couldn't we stay again? | Possible Typo |
| other then (other than) | There was no one other then us at the campsite. | Possible Typo |
| was aloud (allowed) | No dancing was aloud. | Possible Typo |
| eluded to (alluded to) | He eluded to engagement at the party. | Possible Typo |
| allude (elude) | Her failure to allude the school bullies is evident. | Possible Typo |
| complaint (compliant) with | If the rules are not fully complaint with the specification, post them here. | Possible Typo |
| baited (bated) breath | We are waiting with baited breath. | Possible Typo |
| bare (bear) in mind | Bare in mind that we're alone. | Possible Typo |
| playoff birth (berth) | The Patriots failed to earn a playoff birth. | Possible Typo |
| disc break (brakes) | The rear wheels are disc break. | Possible Typo |
| hit the breaks (brakes) | Charlie forgot to hit the breaks. | Possible Typo |
| spinal chord (cord) | There was permanent injury to the spinal chord. | Possible Typo |
| full compliment (complement) of | He had the full compliment of good qualities. | Possible Typo |
| in edition (addition) to | In edition to failing, he embarrassed himself. | Possible Typo |
| faired (fared) as well | He faired as well as could be expected. | Possible Typo |
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