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Indefinate Delay

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Posted by Gez on 7th May, 2010

Indefinate, originally uploaded by Codename Geoff.

I posted a while back about my tendency to misspell definitely if I’m in a careless sort of mood. So I almost feel for this guy.

Almost.

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1. I’m totally with you on getting stuck with definitely. I thought I’d share my trick to remember … it’s definite. Finite. There is no “a” in finite.

   Comment by --Deb — 7th May, 2010 @ 11:08 pm

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3. Yup, this is one of the ones I stumble on too, if I’m feeling foggy.

   Comment by Ashley — 17th May, 2010 @ 11:03 am

4. I know two people who have added “definately” to their MS Word dictionaries, because they were so sure it was right. Geniuses both of them.

   Comment by Grammar Monster — 17th July, 2011 @ 11:47 am

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