Here are a few that peeve me. Write down any that annoy you, as well!!
1. It's converse, not conversate.
2. It's given, not giving. Given is just like taken. *The amount of money he is giving to his ex-wife is ridiculous, particularly when given the fact that she already has the house as well as their car.
3. It's guessed, not guest.
4. It's brought, not brouten.
6. It's careful, not carefull.
7. It's controversy, not contraversey
8. It's accept, not except. *I accept the suggestions as valid points, except for suggestion number four.
9. It's except, not accept. (If you're confused, look up the definitions.)
10. It's patience, not patients.
11. It's response, not responce.
12. You are is you're. Your is possessive. Get it right, it's not hard. YOU'RE is two words. The apostrophe tells you this. *You're going to your birthday party, and you're going to have fun!
13. There is a place. Their is possession. *It's their car.* And they're is they are. *They're taking their car over there by the park.
14. Musician, not muscician.
15. Exercise and exorcise are two different things. Exercise is the proper spelling for working out. Exorcise is the proper spelling for working out demons.
16. It's now, not know.
17. It's sentence, not sentance.
18. It's sepArate, not seperate.
19. It's despErate, not desparate.
20. It's OUR, not are.
21. It's would HAVE, not would of.
22. It's LOSE, not loose. 'I hope I don't lose all the loose change in my backpack.'