Comment on definitely
TheOakTree@lemm.ee 2 weeks agoI always told people “definitely is spelled like infinitely, so just remember how to spell infinite”
But I suppose “finite” is even better than “infinite” since there’s less to remember.
Comment on definitely
TheOakTree@lemm.ee 2 weeks agoI always told people “definitely is spelled like infinitely, so just remember how to spell infinite”
But I suppose “finite” is even better than “infinite” since there’s less to remember.
skulblaka@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
It’s more that finite is easier because it has the long I sound at the beginning which clearly designates it as I. The short i sound in most English dialects is a middling kind of “ehh” sound that can be confused for an e a lot when sounding out a word. When I misspell definitely it’s because I spell it defenitely.
TheOakTree@lemm.ee 2 weeks ago
My reasoning for why “infinite” would be easy to remember is because “infinity” is notably a word with only i as a main vowel (excluding the y)
But I see what you mean too
Benaaasaaas@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
My reasoning is that infinite is pronounced like definite, unlike finite which is pronounced nothing like definite.