7 Common Spelling Mistakes by Bloggers

Whether you accept it or not, your writing will decide the fate of your blog. If your content is not persuasive, your blog design or search engine optimization wouldn’t work. And worse, if you make spelling mistakes, you will turn off most visitors, who would never visit your site again. Here are few common spelling mistakes you must avoid.

1. All Right & Alright

Incorrect Usage: Sam wasn’t keep well until last night, but he is alright now.
Correct Usage: Sam wasn’t keep well until last night, but he is all right now.

Although ‘alright’ is being widely used in place of ‘all right’, it’s still a grammatical error.

2. Accept & Except

Incorrect Usage: Kindly except the gift.
Correct Usage: Kindly accept the gift.

Except means to exclude something, or with the exception of. On the other hand, accept means to receive something. The team visited every room except the King’s private room. In this sentence, the usage of ‘except’ is correct.

3. Advice & Advise

Incorrect Usage: He didn’t take my advise.
Correct Usage: He didn’t take my advice.

Advice is a noun, whereas, advise is a verb.

4. Its & It’s

Incorrect Usage: Keep the book back in it’s place.
Correct Usage: Keep the book back in its place.

It’s = It is. So, you cannot put ‘is’ after ‘it’s’. Besides, ‘its’ is a singular possessive adjective, used to show something that belongs to the noun.

5. Quiet & Quite

Incorrect Usage: It was a quite evening.
Correct Usage: It was a quiet evening.

Quiet, an adjective, means peaceful or without any activity. However, ‘quite’ means to a significant extent. For instance, the children are quite happy today, is a right sentence.

6. Then & Than

Incorrect Usage: Sam has more money then Andy.
Correct Usage: Sam has more money than Andy.

‘Then’ is used to indicate time. For instance, Sam opened the door, and then slammed. However, than is used to make comparisons.

7. Every Day & Everyday

Incorrect Usage: He goes for a walk everyday at seven in the morning
Correct Usage: He goes for a walk every day at seven in the morning

Everyday, as adjective, means daily. On the other hand, ‘every’ is a simply phrase that’s used before the noun ‘day’. For instance, He goes out every day. But people striding on the pathway, is an everyday occurrence.