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Does majority rule? Or are they technically wrong?
The Next CEO of Stack OverflowRule for adding “and” or hyphens between numbers that are spelled out fully in textAre heteronyms unique to English and why do they exist?pronunciation rule for grapheme “a” in words like “nefarious,” “variation” and “temporary”Why are *accept* and *except* commonly misspelled as each other? Are they homophones?What's the name for when a word changes its pronunciation because of how people read?You cannot contract “there are”!!. Right or Wrong?What's the current scholarly opinion on the “minims” explanation for the spelling of “love”, “tongue,” etc?If someone is detained, when that stops are they tained, or de-detained, or …?Past tense ending for verbs ending in -aAny advice for agentive suffixes of single-syllable words ending in y?
I saw the spelling extrovert in a text, but I intuitively felt that the correct spelling is extravert.
I did a little research and read that extravert is commonly used in scientific/technical literature, while extrovert is common in non-technical usage.
From what I read, it seems that this is because in 1918 when the word extravert was becoming more popular and more commonly used outside of technical literature, non-technical people often misspelled it as extrovert because it was commonly paired with the word introvert.
Am I wrong if I choose to always (even in non-technical writing) spell it extravert because I think it is the correct spelling and that I think other people are spelling it incorrectly? Or does majority rule and am I wrong to not conform to the majority?
My question is more about the decision that I need to make than about this specific example of extrovert vs extravert. I've had similar experiences with other spelling and also grammar rule mismatches, so I'd like to be confident in my decisions in those other situations too.
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I saw the spelling extrovert in a text, but I intuitively felt that the correct spelling is extravert.
I did a little research and read that extravert is commonly used in scientific/technical literature, while extrovert is common in non-technical usage.
From what I read, it seems that this is because in 1918 when the word extravert was becoming more popular and more commonly used outside of technical literature, non-technical people often misspelled it as extrovert because it was commonly paired with the word introvert.
Am I wrong if I choose to always (even in non-technical writing) spell it extravert because I think it is the correct spelling and that I think other people are spelling it incorrectly? Or does majority rule and am I wrong to not conform to the majority?
My question is more about the decision that I need to make than about this specific example of extrovert vs extravert. I've had similar experiences with other spelling and also grammar rule mismatches, so I'd like to be confident in my decisions in those other situations too.
orthography
asked 9 mins ago
Gimme the 411Gimme the 411
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I saw the spelling extrovert in a text, but I intuitively felt that the correct spelling is extravert.
I did a little research and read that extravert is commonly used in scientific/technical literature, while extrovert is common in non-technical usage.
From what I read, it seems that this is because in 1918 when the word extravert was becoming more popular and more commonly used outside of technical literature, non-technical people often misspelled it as extrovert because it was commonly paired with the word introvert.
Am I wrong if I choose to always (even in non-technical writing) spell it extravert because I think it is the correct spelling and that I think other people are spelling it incorrectly? Or does majority rule and am I wrong to not conform to the majority?
My question is more about the decision that I need to make than about this specific example of extrovert vs extravert. I've had similar experiences with other spelling and also grammar rule mismatches, so I'd like to be confident in my decisions in those other situations too.
orthography
asked 9 mins ago
Gimme the 411Gimme the 411
115
I saw the spelling extrovert in a text, but I intuitively felt that the correct spelling is extravert.
I did a little research and read that extravert is commonly used in scientific/technical literature, while extrovert is common in non-technical usage.
From what I read, it seems that this is because in 1918 when the word extravert was becoming more popular and more commonly used outside of technical literature, non-technical people often misspelled it as extrovert because it was commonly paired with the word introvert.
Am I wrong if I choose to always (even in non-technical writing) spell it extravert because I think it is the correct spelling and that I think other people are spelling it incorrectly? Or does majority rule and am I wrong to not conform to the majority?
My question is more about the decision that I need to make than about this specific example of extrovert vs extravert. I've had similar experiences with other spelling and also grammar rule mismatches, so I'd like to be confident in my decisions in those other situations too.
orthography
orthography
asked 9 mins ago
Gimme the 411Gimme the 411
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Gimme the 411Gimme the 411
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Gimme the 411Gimme the 411
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Gimme the 411Gimme the 411
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