What similar English words do you have a problem with?

[Terry]

Got and gotten (which does not exist)

[Dannie Boy]

What I enjoy is a bit of piece and quite!!

[PeteC]

Got and gotten (which does not exist)

??? Gotten is the past participle of Get.

[arcadianagain]

Got and gotten (which does not exist)

??? Gotten is the past participle of Get.

Only in the USA

[PeteC]

Got and gotten (which does not exist)

??? Gotten is the past participle of Get.

Only in the USA

Seems the Canadians may be guilty also.

"As past participles of get, got and gotten both date back to Middle English. The form gotten is not used in British English but is very common in North American English, though even there it is often regarded as non-standard. In North American English, got and gotten are not identical in use. Gotten usually implies the process of obtaining something, as in he had gotten us tickets for the show, while got implies the state of possession or ownership, as in I haven’t got any money."

[Terry]

As I said - 'gotten' - doesn't exist

If you are English as in English English

Not to be confused with American English, Australian English or for that matter British English or any other English

[richard]

There is ill-gotten gains though

[sargeant]

as in he had gotten us tickets for the show

or as most would say he got us tickets for the show

centre ------center

[GLCQuantum]

It frustrates me when students keep forgetting that there needs to be a 'u' in common words like colour and the like...



For myself... I love to mix up weather and whether.

[Gregjam]

Which brings us to the classics Theatre/Theater, Tyre/Tire etc etc. American English may have its merits but it is not English just as Strine, Indian English or any other foreign version. Even English English is more than a bit of mongrel with a good part of it being adopted from worldwide sources. What is obvious that American English is a different language. Try talking about fags, rubbers to most US Americans and see what a reaction you get, start discussing anything about a car and you just as well be speaking a different language.

[Bristolian]

It is a plain/plane fact that the English language is simple. Wether/weather you are a native speaker or not/knot, with a little guidance you can speak it too/too/two. You simply need patience/patients to succeed. There/their/they're is no precedence/presidents that can help you but it's easy. Just follow your nose/knows and all will be right/wright. Don't break/brake into a sweat...... If anyone tells/tails you differently it's a lie/lye....

[Big Boy]

Wether

[Bristolian]

Wether

Oops.. Not too much wrong with my English but my eyesight, checking my posts, on an iPhone sucks

[hhfarang]

I always made grades of A+ in spelling, English (American) and composition in both lower grades and college. I even participated in some and won one local city-wide spelling bee in my younger years, but one that I still get wrong frequently is insure vs ensure. I get others wrong too, but they are usually typos as I am a pretty fast ten finger typist. This usually only happens when I've been drinking (most of the time these days ) or get in a hurry though as I also worked as an (American) English and spelling editor and proofreader for a while I am usually good at spotting problems. I find grammar or spelling errors in nearly every professionally published book that I read.

Another common one is using "to" when "too" should be used.

[redzonerocker]

Another common one is there and their.

This is probably the most common one i see, with 'they're' thrown in the mix

Like "there rubbish at football" [when talking about the spuds )