Journal+Common+Mistakes

One common mistake of mine is writing "please RSVP". I know that I have used this phrase on invites multiple times. It seems correct to politely ask someone to let you know if they can come or not, but this is actually incorrect. That is because RSVP stands for Repondez s'il vous plait, a French phrase meaning "respond please". Because "please" is used in RSVP, it is unnecessary to use it before RSVP. I wil try to think of this from now on, and it should be easy to remember because I know that s'il vous plait means please, and i know that it is used in RSVP.

Another common mistake of mine would spelling tiramisu. I actually spell this more than most people because tiramisu is one of my favorite dessert foods and I sometimes need to tell someone that it is what I am eating. I usually have no idea how to spell it, so I probably spell it like "tirimisu". I will try to remember that you need to use an "a" in tiramisu if I ever find myself writing it in the future. It might be a bit hard to remember because while I use it more than average, I still don't write the word "tiramisu" every day.

One common mistake that I make is the difference between a site and a page. A website is often referred to as a "page" even if it has multiple pages in it. There is no true proper term, but a website with multiple pages should probably be called a site. This would be a respectful way to say it because more work would have been put into making a site than a simple webpage. I will remember this because if it has more than one page, it is a site, but if it is one page it is a page.

The capitalization of the "e" in earth is a problem for me. In some cases it will need to be capitalized, but in others it shouldn't be. When using "earth" to refer to soil or dirt there is no need for capitalization. This goes for many other uses of earth, like in phrases. When the Earth is being refered to astronomically, it will need capitalization and will follow "the". Sometimes this is modified and "the" is removed. I will remember this because in astronomy, Earth is a title, where as in most other cases it is used to refer to the world around us as a vague item.

One more problem I come across is the use of "gray" or "grey". In American English, "gray" is he proper way to spell he color's name. "Grey" is the British English spelling. I usually use "grey" because I think it looks better than "gray", but now I know why this is the improper way to write gray. I can remember his by associating "gray" with "color" and "grey" with "colour". I know that "color" is American and "colour" is British, so this will help me put them together.