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Originally Posted by 4691mls

Why are these words so hard for so many people to get right? These are similar words that I frequently see misused in various online forums. They are not words that only someone with an advanced degree would be expected to know.

I've seen these long before most people started using phones with autocorrect to communicate online.

This happens even when the writing is generally accurate and typo-free and it appears the person is fluent in English (I give a pass to anyone who is clearly making an effort to communicate in English as second language).

I forgive casual posters to online forums and social media, but the errors that journalists make do get on my wick

I ran into an article in the Sydney Morning Herald (supposedly our newspaper of record) over the weekend that referred to: "…the tents of healthcare…" in its strapline, and within the article itself, there was: "…tenants of medicine being disruptive…" .

A posted a comment suggesting they try tenets - in which there's only one 'n'. They didn't post my comment but they did make the corrections.

Then on Sunday there's this ==>> Para 1, line 2, word 1

It's just possible that the King would know what the word means, but it's London to brick on that Danica doesn't.

Spoiler:

Voluntarism is "any metaphysical or psychological system that assigns to the will a more predominant role than that attributed to the intellect", or equivalently "the doctrine that will is the basic factor, both in the universe and in human conduct".

I suggested Volunteering might be better, but it's from an agency, so its still there - as it is at Yahoo. You'd think Reuters, AP, Bloomberg etc would have sub-editors.