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Technical terms...
BRAKE == (1) a device for slowing or stopping a vehicle or other moving mechanism by the absorption or transfer of the energy of momentum, usually by means of friction (2) anything that has a slowing or stopping effect.
BREAK == (1) to smash, split, or divide into parts violently; reduce to pieces or fragments (2) to destroy or interrupt the regularity, uniformity, continuity, or arrangement of; interrupt
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how about idle vs. idol (no joke - there is a post titled idol on the tech board right now)
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Looser. Loser.
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Raise vs Raze. That really tripped a up kid I knew. What a maroon.
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Their, there, they're.
should have. not should of. Best, Tom
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On the boards that I frequent, I think brake and break are the most common.
Not as common, but loose, lose, and loss.
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affect / effect
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layed / laid
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On CL I see:
Trailor all the time instead of trailer. For some reason it bugs the S**T out of me. |
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Anything with apostrophe's.
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One I see here a lot: (seriously, search on the word peddle here)
Pedal - the device you press on to activate said brake. Peddle - Selling said device door to door.
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Watt ewe guise tulking baud?
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Irregardless. Orientate.
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Its, It's
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1970 Porsche 911 S 
1977 Porsche 911S 2.7L
