Once again, hello. I really want to thank you for all the reviews, favorites, follows. I didn't expect to get as many as I did, and I hope you know its you that keeps me writing. Thanks!
"Percy! You spelled my name wrong!"
"Blame my dyslexia!"
"I have it too, Seaweed Brain. And I do just fine."
"But you're Wise Girl for a reason!"
"Still. You don't get cookies until you correct all the misspelled words."
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"Did you just type up cookies in bold in your story?"
"Yes I did. NOBODY takes away my cookies. NOBO- ow! Annabethhhh!"
"Well, if you remember when we were thirteen, I AM Nobody."
"...Not fair, Wise Girl."
"Correct your mistakes, Seaweed Brain."
4. FMWAH-Frequently misspelled words and homophones.
There is almost nothing more annoying than enjoying this good fanfic then getting thrown off with a misspelled word. It's SO annoying. It just distracts the reader for a second, and you don't want that. You want readers to get lost in your story, to cry when a character dies, to sob when their favorite character gets scratched.
Now homophones are words that sound the same, but are spelled differently. Here are a few and their differences.
Their, as in somebody's possession,
There, as in over there/that way,
They're, or they are.
Our, like mine and his and hers and hers and his all at once,
Are, as in are you there or who are you.
Its and it's. There's a difference. Its item is an animal's(usually an animal at least) item. It's is it is. Like it is mine. It's mine. Not its mine.
Too, to, and two. I cannot stress how important this one is. Two is a number, that one usually isn't mistaken for another. Too, like over or too much, then there's to. I sent this to that place. Over to somewhere. Or I want to. Or to be or not to be. I see so many people use "too" instead, and it annoys me to death. A lot of things annoy me.
So here are some words that I've seen often misspelled or accidentally substituted for another word and their correct spellings. As I can't list all the words(that would be called a dictionary), I can't correct all the misspellings in the world, but I hope you never misspell any of these words again.
Definitely/Defiantly. These are actually two different words that mean two different things, so be careful with these because spell check will not find it.
Accept/Except. Same here, spell check won't find this. Accept is to take willingly, and except is everything BUT something. Not including.
A lot. A lot is actually two words, but if you write 'alot' in your fanfiction it's not as annoying because we're used to seeing it spelled that way.
Believe. Its just spelled that way, not beleive.
Conscious. Not consensus, not consious, C-o-n-s-c-i-o-u-s.
Jewelry. Not jewelery, not jewellery(unless you're british).
Necessary. One of the most frequently misspelled words. I remember we had a state test that required sixth graders to spell it correctly and it took points off of almost everyone. How some people spell it: necesary, neccessary, neccesary.
Aunt. Ant. Seriously guys, I shouldn't have to say this. But I once saw someone write "I saw an Aunt!" or something. I mentally facepalmed.
Address. It's not 'adress'. I put this on here because I myself make this mistake a lot.
Believe. Believes. Often spelled beleive or something. I've seen some weird mistakes
Hoard, Horde. There is no "hord". That is simply not a word. Hoard=a hoard of treasure/ a large collection of inanimate objects. A hoarder(me)= someone who collects everything, much of which is completely useless. Horde is like, a horde of soldiers, a large collection of people.
So I'll keep adding on as I go, tell me some words I need to add in the reviews!
And I need to address something that almost every author writes about- why I haven't posted much.
The first reason is because I mostly use my ipad mini on my bed and it's harder to upload on that instead of my computer, but my computer happens to be on the other side of the house...long story short, I'm too lazy to get out of my bed.
Also, stress. If eighth grade is this stressful, I'm dreading high school. I might sound crazy by saying this, but I am extremely disappointed in myself because I have a B. Not a b+, or a b-, a B. And it's definitely not good. So I've been spending a lot of my time trying to unsuccessfully bring that up.
Then, I was also working on this chapter, and I've been spending my time trying to read through fanfics to find some of these words.
Lastly, I'm simply out of good things to write...if you have anything, you know what to do.
Bye! Thanks! Etc...
