One of the most confusing words to write is pick up or pick up, a word that many people don’t know how to spell or why it’s spelled a certain way.
The verb from which it comes is a verb in which there are words that are written with the j and others that are written with the g. For this reason, any conjugated word of this verb is going to bring us some problems, since we are not going to know exactly how to write pick up or pick up just like that.
The bad thing about not knowing how to write correctly is that not all people tolerate it. Many people take advantage of misspellings to make at hominem fallacies to discredit your argument, claiming that you are illiterate. For this reason, you have to learn to write correctly.
If you already know how to spell the word, don’t quit just yet. Since it never hurts to learn why, because many people know that it is written correctly, but do not know exactly how.
This is a problem, since many times we can have some spelling doubts and have a mistake for not remembering how to write. If you know the norm, you will never be confused. A good example of this are pronouns, which no matter how often you see them, if you don’t know when they are written, you can always miss an he where an he goes.
So we are going to teach you how to write pick up or pick up and not only that, but we are going to explain the spelling reason why this happens.
I collect is not correct
This word is not correct and the corrector itself tells us that it is wrong when we write. What’s more, it may even correct it automatically. It is not said pick up because the sound is different and they are not said in the same way.
Actually, what happens is that almost all the verb is written with j for the sound, however, as you know, with certain vowels it is not said the same and that is why it changes. For example, in the word pick up it is written with g because that sound sounds like that with that letter, as if it were a j. If it were like a g, it would be said to pick up.
I pick up is correct
So by elimination, we are left with that I pick up is the correct form, since it is how it is written and how the sound sounds. Here we only have two options and if one of them is not correct, by elimination it is the other.
If it were picked up it would sound totally different, so remember, they only go with g when it accompanies vowels like e, which sound different with this letter next to it.
In this way, when you have any doubts, you only have to remember this simple spelling rule, which also applies to other words that have j and g. Whenever they go with vowels that sound different for the j sound, g is used and if j is not used.
In the case of wanting to use the sound of g with vowels where it sounds different, the inserted u is used. For example, in the word guisar, which if it were written gisar, would have to be pronounced as if it were jisar. In the case of the e, we have the word war, where the u is silent and if it were gerra, it would be read as if it were jerra.
How to write better?
If you are here reading this it is because you are worrying about your spelling and grammar, since you want to learn to write very well. The most normal thing is that they teach you the spelling rules, which are important to avoid making mistakes, but it is not the most important thing.
The most important thing to write correctly is to read a lot, since when you see well-written words, you will involuntarily write them correctly because that is how you have them in your head. In the same way, when you see spelling mistakes, you will remember that this is not correct.
In this way, you can automatically write almost all the words, without having to resort to learning all the rules. Of course, if you want to achieve excellence, you must learn it, since that way you will not make any mistakes and in combination with reading a lot you will be able to write very well.
Yes indeed. Remember that the RAE changes Spanish every so often, to adapt it to the words that are said and written in certain regions. For this reason, although today the word pick up is not correct, it does not mean that it will not be so in the future.
About two hundred barbarities have already been accepted, so it is not surprising that this is accepted. When in doubt, always consult the RAE website, which is the official dictionary of the Spanish language.