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samlad
24-09-14, 09:45
Hi chaps,

When you see an escort and you will 'defiantly' see her again, is this a typo, or do you literally mean that you will see her again out of spite? :)

You know, it's one thing being a grammar Nazi, but when you change the word entirely, it's quite another!

http://cdn.someecards.com/someecards/usercards/MjAxMi01MDU3YTM1NDY1Y2IwMjky.png

n73
24-09-14, 10:28
Hi chaps,

When you see an escort and you will 'defiantly' see her again, is this a typo, or do you literally mean that you will see her again out of spite? :)

You know, it's one thing being a grammar Nazi, but when you change the word entirely, it's quite another!

http://cdn.someecards.com/someecards/usercards/MjAxMi01MDU3YTM1NDY1Y2IwMjky.png

I'm old and fat so in my case I'm pretty sure they all feel I'm doing it defiantly.

Its only me
25-09-14, 20:43
I will Defiantly see an escort again.

Andi79
25-09-14, 20:58
LOL!!

Noticed this myself recently, and either can work. However, I think this is all down to the wonderful invention that we call predictive text or autocorrect!

:)

gillllky
27-09-14, 02:50
I think it's actually down to the fact that most people can't spell...

alcatel
16-11-16, 23:42
Amazing the amount of times here, in posts and reviews, that you see defiantly used where the meaning intended is '' definitely ''.
Bad spelling maybe, but defiantly is being spelled correctly so maybe predictive text sometimes brings it up, when 'def' has been typed in .

SteveB
17-11-16, 04:43
Amazing the amount of times here, in posts and reviews, that you see defiantly used where the meaning intended is '' definitely ''.
Bad spelling maybe, but defiantly is being spelled correctly so maybe predictive text sometimes brings it up, when 'def' has been typed in .

Ah, an old Samlad thread.
Predictive text and autocorrect.
Even Microsoft Word autocorrect corrects nearly all misspellings of “definitely” as “defiantly”.