tyops ... oh wait I mean typos —

What has been happening is I haven't been typing these tutorials in my Word Document. Instead I've been typing it directly onto AFF, which has been proven to be a bit more difficult than I realized. I don't make huge mistakes because I always look up in a dictionary or Google how to spell something I'm not too keen on using yet to make sure that it's spelt right, but I did notice going back a few tutorials that I was making some mistakes. I could go back but I'll be leaving it for now at least so that I can use some proof for this tutorial. Guess what? We all make mistakes and saying that you don't just because you use Word is wrong. Word doesn't always pick up every single mistake because if the word you type is a real word, it won't say that it's wrong. I'm going to give a long list of words that are commonly mistaken because of how the word sounds. A lot of the time you can tell how to spell a word by pronunciation but in some cases that doesn't work.

• Acceptable
• Accidently or Accidentally
• Agreeable or Agreeably
• Amateur
• Argument
• Believe
• Calandar
• Category
• Changeable
• College and Collage
• Collectible
• Conscience
• Definite(ly)
• Dumb, Dummy, Dumbbell
• Embarrass(ment)
• Equipment
• Exceed
• Existence
• Experience
• Foreign
• Grateful
• Height
• Ignorance
• Immediate
• Intelligence
• Its and It's
• Leisure
• Library
• License*
• Misspell
• Neighbor
• Noticeable
• Occasionally
• Occurrence
• Pastime
• Personal
• Playwright
• Ppossession
• Precede
• Principle and Principal
• Pronunciation
• Receive
• Recommend
• Restaurant
• Rhyme
• Rhythm
• Schedule
• Separate
• Their, They're, and There
• Tomorrow
• Twelfth
• Vacuum
• Weather and Whether

As a big tip for those who don't have English as a primary language or refuse to use a dictionary for whatever their reason shall be, for some spelling you can always tell yourself some basic spelling rules that are used commonly for youngsters who are starting out to spell more mature words in their writing. "I" before "E" except after "C" is something I used for a while when spelling and something I use occasionally to double check myself. Remember a couple things too, and as a warning I didn't make up this stuff all by myself.

• To spell a short vowell sound, only one letter will be needed. Examples such as: at, red, it, hot, up
• When adding an ending to a word that ends with a silent "E", drop the "E" if the ending begins with vowel. You see this in words like advancing or surprising. However, if the ending of your word begins with a consonant, keep the final "E". Like in the words, advancement or likeness. But there is an exception to this rule in the broad English language. The final "E" is kept in words where the final "E" is proceded (or followed) by a soft "G" or "C" like the words changeable, courageous, manageable, management, or noticeable.
• The single letter "C" is the most common in spelling. It can be used anywhere in a word. Examples such as: cat, corn, actor, scat, bacon, public, direct, inflict, pecan, mica
• Sometimes the letter "C" is doubled ("CC") to protect the sound of a short vowel. Such as: stucco, Mecca, occupy, baccalaureate, tobacco, raccoon, hiccups, buccaneer, succulent
• The letter "K" is substituted for "C" if /k/ is followed by an "E", "I", or "Y". You can see it in the words kin, make, skin, skill, token, sketch, skill, poker, kind, liking, and others.
• At times spelling can be determined by their definition or word meaning. Mist and missed sounds alike, as do band and banned but have to different meanings. Remember your tenses. The suffix -ed gives a hand that it (the word) is in past tense form.
• Endings at times can be difficult to determine. The words dentist and finest sound alike (meaning their suffixes seem to be the same by pronunciation). However, each suffix has their own meanings. The suffix -ist referrs to someone who does something. Meanwhile the suffix -est is used on superlative adjectives such as finest, sweetest, or longest.
• When adding an ending to a word that ends in "Y", change the "Y" to "I" when it is preceded (or before) a consonant. Some common examples can be: supply becoming supplies; worry becoming worried; merry becoming merrier. Sadly, this also has it's exceptions. This doesn't apply to words that end with -ing. To make things even more confusing you can't use this rule when the final "Y" is preceded (or beby a vowel.
• Another two that can be mistaken for each other is endings -ian and -tion. Just because they sound alike does not mean that their meanings are alike as well. Any word  with an -ian suffix (like muscian) always refers to a person where they do fill-in-the-blank-here. With a -tion or -sion ending you never refer to people.

Differences between American English, Candian English, and British English, Austrialian English, and a few notable others may seem to be alike but are actually aren't. Basically, we are speaking the same language English but what is this English that so many people speak it? English is the official language in 54 different countries and 27 non-sovereign entities.

• In America we spell it "canceled" while the British spell it "cancelled"
• In America we spell it "center" while the British spell it "centre"
• In America we spell it "check" while the British spell it "cheque"
• In America we spell it "color" while the British spell it "colour"
• In America we spell it "criticize" while the British spell it "criticise"
• In America we spell it "gray" while the British spell it "grey"
• In America we spell it "humor" while the British spell it "humour"
• In America we spell it "labor" while the British spell it "labour"
• In America we spell it "license" while the British spell it "licence"
• In America we spell it "realize" while the British spell it "realise"
• In America we spell it "theater" while the British spell it "theatre"
• In America we spell it "tire" while the British spell it "tyre"
• In America we spell it "valor" while the British spell it "valour"

Not only do you have to look for differences but you have to look out for "slang". Each language that uses English as their own has adapted words that we might not use. They aren't huge differences, they just interpret words with meanings of their own in some cases by putting them into phrases that we might find absurd even. I can always tell that someone isn't from America when they use the word "mum" instead of "mom" which is something I see.

External links and resources:

American and British English differences

American English

British English

Canadian English

Australian English

American words not widely used in the UK

Australian English vocabulary

Indian English

English language