Spelling & Usage Mistakes

Sometimes, we're just too lazy to use the spell check.  Sometimes we type too quickly, and use the wrong 'to' or 'their'.  We've all made stupid mistakes in our stories; we're human, right?  I had a chapter posted for over a year before I noticed I'd used the wrong 'too' in the first paragraph.  Beta also missed it.  Just goes to show you, none of us is perfect.

Having said that, I occasionally see usage and spelling mistakes that make me shake my head...A lot.   And I know there are other language nazis on my flist.  So, anyone want to share examples of their pet peeves, or funny mistakes?

I'll start: I read a story recently that used the word eventional.  What word is that supposed to be, exactly?  Did I miss an SAT word at some point?  Is it supposed to be eventual?  The sentence it was featured in was so rough, you couldn't even tell from context.

And, I'll put myself down for confusing 'to' and 'too', and not noticing when I re-read my work, even though I know the difference.

Something to finish off my Friday

 So, I'm better (even if my neck is still a little swollen), and failed to make it through happy hour last night without smoking, but redeemed myself by not smoking so far at work today.  My general health is therefore improving; my concentration is still crap, though. Not sure if it's a depression issue, or an eye-ware issue, or a nicotine issue; I feel weird, but am having trouble finding the source of said weirdness.

So, I'm going to do a drabble call, hoping to get myself back on track.  I'm sick of spending an hour a day staring at the page and a half of FAA 14 I have written and not knowing what to write next.  It's annoying.  My muse needs to wake the Hellmouth up.  Hopefully I can manage to jolt her back into action with some new things to work on.  And if not, at least you'll be amused by whatever I do come up with.

Here's the deal:  Please comment with a fandom, situation, prompt, keyword, etc.  I will write a drabble using what you send me. (And hopefully it won't turn into a novella like 'The Office Hellmouth' did.  I swear, Sharon, I'll finish your story one day.)  Please keep in mind, I'll take just about any fandom, but I don't do anime.  If you don't specify a fandom, it'll most likely end up BtVS or X-Files.