Some of these errors come from people who write as they speak. It seems the English no longer aspirate the "wh," sound - so we get spellings like,"wether," instead of whether." Also, wen, ware, and wot, instead of when, where and what.

A woman on TV tonight said, " I literally turned to stone," - really?

A magazine I was reading a couple of days ago wrote, "This photo could be improved by cropping a slither off the bottom," when of course they meant "sliver."