Pet peeve of mine. (spelling)

Darrin · 09-01-2008, 01:27

Why is it so many people nowadays spell the present participle (I think) of the word whine wrong? There's only one "G" in the stupid word, ok? It's WHINING!!!

I know, I'm whining about people spelling "whining" wrong. But it's to the point that I saw it misspelled in a newspaper as well.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/whine
http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/whine

Notice the "ing" spelling? There's only one "G" in there. No "E".

Just a mild mannered rant.

09-01-2008, 01:27	#1
Darrin Dirteh Kitteh Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Hiding out in Mormon Country Posts: 1,629	Pet peeve of mine. (spelling) Why is it so many people nowadays spell the present participle (I think) of the word whine wrong? There's only one "G" in the stupid word, ok? It's WHINING!!! I know, I'm whining about people spelling "whining" wrong. But it's to the point that I saw it misspelled in a newspaper as well. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/whine http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/whine Notice the "ing" spelling? There's only one "G" in there. No "E". Just a mild mannered rant. __________________ A bullet may have your name on it, but shrapnel is addressed "to whom it may concern".

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