It's "definitely" not "definately"

[Unsickle]

I see this word f*ked up so often that I'm starting to do double-takes when it's spelled correctly.

fix yourselves!

 

[Celstar]

you're definately right.. i hate it too

 

[Oda]

Evryone shuld remembre to spel corectli

 

[Prodigy^]

hmm....thanks! I've always spelled it definately.....

my mom just tells me as I'm writing/have asked her, that you can think of the Latin "finis" which means "end", then copy the vowels to the English word

 

[WombatWoman]

http://forums.anandtech.com/arcmessageview.cfm?catid=38&threadid=155512

 

[element]

That is it I'm suing for definition of character.

 

[RSI]

What the!?? I've always typed "definately".. looked perfectly right. I was certain I was still right after reading this thread, then I checked at dictionary.com, and it's definitely! Strange! Oh well..

-RSI

 

[Mday]

de finite ly

 

[compuwiz1]

What bothers me is people who get so hopelessly hung up on details. I come from a retail commission background where I am used to watching people like that literally go nowhere and never get promoted because they can't seem to ever get out of thier anal own way. This is really a pretty dumb post. I'm totally type A. I focus on where I want to do and get there, who cares if I mispelled something along the way. That's what we had secretaries for .

 

[drboogie]

<they can't seem to ever get out of thier anal own way.>

It's spelled &quot;their&quot; ...

 

[compuwiz1]

drboogie, I disagree. The rule is I before E, except after C.

 

[drboogie]

That rule is correct, with a few exceptions ... like neighbor or their ... look it up ...

 

[compuwiz1]

Don't you just love those random variables? I'm not gonna lose any sleep over it.

 

[drboogie]

I wouldn't

 

[Harvey]

<<It's &quot;definitely&quot; not &quot;definately&quot;>>

&quot;It coitainly is,&quot; he said, defiantly.

 

[element]

RSI, the reason you thought you were so sure is because of the way most people pronounce it....as if it is with an a.