• TheOakTree@lemm.ee
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    19 days ago

    I 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
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      18 days 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.

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        18 days 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
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          18 days ago

          My reasoning is that infinite is pronounced like definite, unlike finite which is pronounced nothing like definite.