What Is The Most Commonly Misspelled Word On Message Boards

I'm not thinking of common typos such as "teh"

[lawman]

The one that sticks out to me is "definitely", commonly spelled "definately".

[TammyJo]

Okay...which is correct:

Is the entity of a website an "on" or an "in"?

Place the link "on" your website.

Place the link "in" your website.

[DrDoc]

put the link at your website :)

[DrDoc]

brother-in-laws vs. brothers-in-law

"hmm, are there multiple 'brothers' or multiple 'laws'?"

[Reflection]

"Can you add this widget to the web sight?"

It is site! How can people get that wrong?

Obviously people know the difference, but I sometimes unconciously type the homonym of a word, even "sight" :). I'm well aware of the difference, but for some reason my fingers type the wrong word.

I love using "irregardless" just to get under people's skin ;)

[lZakl]

brother-in-laws vs. brothers-in-law

"hmm, are there multiple 'brothers' or multiple 'laws'?"

Good one!

So how would you signify possession? With an "'s" after brother or law? -- It sounds funny when using your logic, though it is probably correct. Personally I would introduce him into the conversation first and use "his" for possession just to avoid the conundrum!

-- Zak

[oddsod]

Him isn't the problem. Brother-in-law's possession doesn't sound odd to me. What if you have several of them and they owned a company? Brothers-in-law's company? Brothers'-in-law company? :)

[TammyJo]

put the link AT your website :)

Really? True a website is a place, but I tend to think of it more like a box. Are you putting the link "on" the box or "in" the box? I personally thought "on" was correct.

"We will be placing your link ...on... our website..." (as opposed to "in" or "at".)

[httpwebwitch]

I live in a region where English suffers painfully at the hands of the local proles.

The problem is so bad, there are school teachers who were raised here, learned to speak badly, and are now teaching the same bad diction to students. Give it a few generations, and it will be called a dialect.

some gems:

"brung" is the past tense of "bring"

"never done none" - double, triple, and even quadruple negatives are common.

And my favourite:
"boughten". it's the new past tense of "buy". As in, "I've boughten those before".

[httpwebwitch]

"Can you add this widget to the web sight?"

Oh! I HATE that one!

[lZakl]

What if you have several of them and they owned a company? Brothers-in-law's company? Brothers'-in-law company?

Ok -- I just developed a new phobia. Now I have the fear of talking about my brother-in-law in public.