Think I found something big.
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Nope, never. Misspellings matter.
Nope, not "never." Typos and misspellings are different.
Spelling foreword as foreward, or apparently as aparrantly, isn't a typo; it's a misspelling. The author's fingers didn't slip; he just didn't know the right spelling.
"Unites States" is a textbook typo IMHO, not a misspelling: the author could not possibly have believed United States was really spelled Unites States. The initial S in States was the next letter in the sequence, and the brain accidentally added an -s to Unite instead of the terminal -d. This is among the commonest varieties of typographical errors. (Source: am former editor)
Exception: if there were any discernible meaning whatsoever in "UniteS States" beyond wildly creative and fanciful imaginings on our part, then one could make a case for intentional misspelling. Since there isn't, it's probably just a typo.
Do you have any recommendations for resources to improve your English? I've always been somewhat decent at knowing the basics from observation but I didn't really get taught these things at school and would like to fill in the blanks.
Sorry I don't have any standard recommendations. But a 1-minute search produced this, which I kind of like the look of:
https://www.englishgrammar101.com
If I were trying to figure this stuff out, I would find the above pretty darn useful
One tip: if you click at the top, e.g., on PARTS OF SPEECH, it shows just nouns and pronouns on the page. Where are the others?
Click the large ">" arrow at bottom right, it will show them. Pretty cool UI/UX on the site. (Kek...I just made two errors right there: a comma splice and a sentence fragment with no verb. Because in online forums and email, who cares? :)
I appreciate you taking the time! As you may have guessed, I asked you because of your obvious experience and I figured you would know what to look for if you didn't have any standard recommendations. Thanks a lot!
See “AmericanScholar373” below. #831
To each their own. I’ll take Q on this one.