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Old 05-02-2004, 11:26 AM
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Originally Posted by Mari
Definitely. I'm surprised how many different ways there are to misspell this word. I'm not a native English speaker, but even I know!
"Definately" "defenitely" "Definitly" etc... aaargh.
Why is it so difficult to spell it correctly?
Because kids don't get taught their Latin derivation anymore these days! They're missing out.
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