Results 1 to 7 of 7

Thread: Defiantly vs. definitely

  1. #1
    Join Date
    Jul 2010
    Posts
    31,568

    Default Defiantly vs. definitely

    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!


  2. The Following 4 Users Say Thank You to samlad For This Useful Post:

    Andi79 (25-09-14), Jiberjabber (30-09-14)

  3. #2
    Join Date
    Jan 2008
    Posts
    3,945
    Reviews
    195

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by samlad View Post
    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!

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

  4. #3

    Default

    I will Defiantly see an escort again.

  5. #4

    Default

    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!


  6. The Following User Says Thank You to Andi79 For This Useful Post:


  7. Default

    I think it's actually down to the fact that most people can't spell...

  8. The Following User Says Thank You to gillllky For This Useful Post:

    happygolucky (27-09-14)

  9. #6
    Join Date
    Oct 2015
    Posts
    13,964
    Reviews
    66

    Default

    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 .
    <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
    Shalom/salaam.
    10,000 years of Middle Eastern civilisation and the place is not at peace but rather in pieces.

  10. #7
    Join Date
    Feb 2011
    Posts
    14,384
    Reviews
    281

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by alcatel View Post
    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”.

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •