it's H-Y-P-O-C-R-I-S-Y, not HYPOCRASY!?!?!?

[datasuspect]

why is this such a common spelling error?

[BurtWorm]

1. Because people are hypocrates!

:grr:

[datasuspect]

3. THIS IS HUGH!!!!111

[miss_kitty]

2. Because people are such looser's

[mongo]

4. WHAT R U? SOME KIND OF LIBRUL ELEETIST?

Help me - I'm speaking in tounges!

[Ron Green]

5. The usual spelling is hypocracy, probably confusing the spelling of

"democracy" and "plutocracy" with a different Greek suffix. I think it's the reason Bush says "nucular." He puts it in the same linguistic column with "secular" or "macular."

[datasuspect]

9. the incorrect spelling is "hypocracy"

are you saying this isn't the case?

[Ron Green]

21. I should have said the usual misspelling is "hypocracy." If you read the

rest of my post, you'll see that I've posited an explanation for why it's usually misspelled that way. It follows a pattern of other words from different suffixes.

[_TJ_]

6. Don't you morans know how to spell?

:) :) :)

[redqueen]

7. Why do people use excessive punctuation????!!!!!!!!?????!?!??!?!?!?

:evilgrin:

[datasuspect]

10. to express emphasis?!?!?!?!

[redqueen]

11. It's incorrect!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Actually, for your use above, IIRC, a simple ?! would be acceptable.

:D

[datasuspect]

13. what grammatical/use error

is it specifically?

you may not like it stylistically, but style has more to do with taste rather than rules.

oh, by the way, it is considered more proper to follow acronyms with the spelled out version in parentheses (at least during the first instance of use, and mandatorily if you use the acronym only once).

[redqueen]

17. The one that says never use more than one exclamation point.

I tried to look it up but found only one source... a teacher's page, I think. I learned some things that were incorrect, so it wouldn't shock me if this were wrong as well.

I use the ellipsis incorrectly all the time, however... so I feel you on the 'style' thing. :hi:

[datasuspect]

18. ellipses

are entirely appropriate.

[redqueen]

19. They indicate material that's missing.

I use them to indicate pauses. I used to abuse the hell out of commas. Now I do it to ellipses. :)

[datasuspect]

20. technically speaking, yes

but stylistically, you can use them to express a pause.

[GOPBasher]

8. Wat dos all dat meen, aniwaye? n/t

[RevolutionaryActs]

12. They pronounce it wrong and so they spell it wrong???

:shrug:

[MissMillie]

14. Because people don't use spell-check

that would be my guess, anyway.

[hfojvt]

15. it is a new combined word

a combination of hypocrisy and crazy = hypocrasy
Either that or their is something wrong with there hypothalimus. Never try to spell on an empty stomich.

[jswordy]

16. They have yer shoe size at Webster's Dictionary...

...so check the definition! LOL

[seemunkee]

22. Hip Hop Crazy?

[auburngrad82]

23. NOW YOU TELL ME!

After 45 years! Thanks for nothing!

[GoddessOfGuinness]

24. Maybe people think hypocrisy was invented by Hippocrates?

:shrug:

[welshTerrier2]

25. thanks for cleering that up (n/t)