Comments on: Grammar 101: Bizarre and Bazaar

By: Grammar 101: Famous and Infamous « Beyond the Rhetoric

Grammar 101: Famous and Infamous « Beyond the Rhetoric — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:58:17 +0000

[...] you may have no problem differentiating between bizarre and bazaar, many people seem to misunderstand the difference between famous and infamous. Some people think [...]

By: EarningStep

EarningStep — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 01:42:23 +0000

well .. again .. thanks a lot for this grammar tips… honestly i need a lesson about using on and in.. i will thanks a lot michael..

By: Ray Ebersole

Ray Ebersole — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 01:07:44 +0000

Spelling goes hand in hand with grammar like this. A lot of the time a person will use the wrong word in grammar because they don’t know the correct spelling.

By: betshopboy

betshopboy — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:48:08 +0000

Do you guys notice the title and content of this post is “Grammar 101″ and NOT “Spelling 101″?

By: Ray Ebersole

Ray Ebersole — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 21:33:57 +0000

But “there” and “their” are only off by 1 letter and easier to confuse. “Bizarre” and “Bazaar” are totally different and the first sylabllable is even pronounced differently. Biz versus Ba is the exact way to tell them apart.

By: dcr

dcr — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 16:16:59 +0000

I would think that most of the confusion would be in the spelling and not the meaning.

People may know the difference between the words, but that doesn’t necessarily mean they know there is a spelling difference. Enough people confuse the spelling of “there” and “their” without confusing their meaning.

By: Ray Ebersole

Ray Ebersole — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 03:34:35 +0000

I agree that if you have any level of intelligence you have learned the difference in these two words an wouldn’t confuse them. On the other hand, there are a lot of people on the wrong side of the intelligence level.

When we read Michael’s grammar lessons we need to understand that the readership of this blog is on the higher end of the scale so we see these post differently than that average person.

By: betshopboy

betshopboy — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 02:06:33 +0000

I can understand people getting confuse over “sale” & “sell” but “bizarre” & “bazaar”?

They are so different in meaning it would be really bizarre for people to mix them up.

By: Ed Lau

Ed Lau — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 22:02:10 +0000

Are you serious?! LOL…I’ve never seen anyone get these two mixed up. But then again, my speeling is prefect.

Actually, the only word I ever have trouble actually spelling is definitely. I always spell it “definetely”. I always have to remind myself that it’s FINITE rather than FINETE.

By: dcr

dcr — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 21:56:56 +0000

I do love a bizarre bazaar. Much better than a fair fair.