For me common spelling mistakes include confusing some of these word pairs.

  • loose vs. lose
  • then vs. than
  • were vs. where
  • greenbeltOPEnglish
    2·
    3 months ago

    uhm … separate is an adjective and separation is a noun I guess?

    • unmagical@lemmy.ml
      5·
      3 months ago

      I think they were referring more to a tendency of writing seperat(e, ion, or).

      Unfortunately the classification of single words is not so cut and dry:

      • The separator machine uses separation algorithms to separate separate appropriately.
        • separator is an adjective
        • separation is an adjective
        • 1st separate is a verb
        • 2nd separate is a noun