I learned that an "effect" is a result and "affect" is an action. Keeps them straight for me.

My "bugaboo" word is necessary, nesessary, nec, I mean needed. Lol! I can never spell that word. I also cringe when I hear "aks" instead if ask.

my youngest had a problem with a few words and how they have stuck. I still find myself saying 'breafkast' and it is 'froggy' (foggy) in the morning. It is almost like muscle memory!!!!!!!

My word is "assuage". For some reason it is difficult for me to pronounce.

Nuclear. New-clear, not nuke-u-ler.

Reading my boss's emails always made me cringe. She would consistently write "haft to" instead of "have to", and Wensday instead of Wednesday.

I always have to look twice when spelling "separate". I get it wrong nearly every time.

I'm not a fan either of the word moist. I really don't like the word tinkle. Used to work with a grown woman who always said "I have to tinkle." Really?

Oh, also I'm not a fan whenever my mom would say thong when she meant flip-flops. We often corrected her and tried to clarify that thong nowadays meant something entirely different and she should not say it loud and out in public!!!

I had an English teacher who hated for anyone to write "alright", insisting that there was no such word, and it should be "all right" but now I see that alright is in the dictionary. Sometimes grammar changes because of common usage. I still write it as two words, because that's the way I was taught, and that English teacher might still be around to see it.

I (and some of my friends) still call that kind of foot-wear "thongs".

Lay and lie is pretty easy - Lay is a transitive verb, meaning it has an object. I lay the quilt on the bed. Lie is an intransitive verb, no object . I lie on the bed.

To clarify more, transitive verbs are followed by a noun. I bake the pie. I ride the bike. The same verbs can also be intransitive, I bake every morning. I ride to work most days.

Lie and Lay are mixed up by a lot of people.

I still say thongs and am probably the only person left who calls blue jeans, "dungarees". (almost 60 years old).

I was taught to remember there is "a rat" in separate. Works for me.

I just read through all of the pages. This is a fun thread! I was surprised to see that no one has an issue with one that always makes me cringe............Fuss-trated instead of frustrated. Or, Li-berry instead of library. Ax, instead of ask, (someone did mention this one)......those make up my trio of words that set my teeth on edge! lol