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Old 08-06-2007, 19:40
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Without sounding like a snotty pedant, I just have to point out that the show that follows the Apprentice is called:

'The Apprentice: You're Fired'.

NOT:

'The Apprentice Your Fired'

as some people have renamed it.

Yes, yes, pedantic, but it needs to be said. It's a mistake made an alarming amount on this forum.
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Old 08-06-2007, 20:14
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Absolutely right, completely agree!
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Old 09-06-2007, 16:22
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Old 09-06-2007, 17:56
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Can't be worse than SAS continually saying "You wuz..."
Or maybe that's just his "man of the people" thing? :yawn:
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Old 09-06-2007, 22:50
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Can't be worse than SAS continually saying "You wuz..."
Or maybe that's just his "man of the people" thing? :yawn:
oh DON'T get me started...
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Old 09-06-2007, 22:52
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I agree completely

It also bugs me when people put "to" instead of "too" and "too" instead of "to"

Oh and "its" instead of "it's", think I'll stop there lol i could go on all night
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Old 10-06-2007, 02:00
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How about these persistent errors:

"loose" instead of "lose"

"ect" instead of "etc"

"could of" instead of "could've"

I don't know what they teach in schools these days, but judging by the standard of writing in the majority of forum posts they don't seem to cover the English language.
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Old 10-06-2007, 02:02
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How about these persistent errors:

"loose" instead of "lose"

"ect" instead of "etc"

"could of" instead of "could've"

I don't know what they teach in schools these days, but judging by the standard of writing in the majority of forum posts they don't seem to cover the English language.
That one definitely bugs me too
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Old 10-06-2007, 12:33
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Hurrah, I'm not alone!
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Old 10-06-2007, 12:35
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Rolls over time and again in pedant heaven.......
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Old 10-06-2007, 13:42
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Hurrah, I'm not alone!
You're definitely not alone. The amount of people who post on these forums that just don't understand basic things like this always amazes me.
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Old 10-06-2007, 13:47
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Your dead right, its so annoying !
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Old 10-06-2007, 13:50
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Your dead right, its so annoying !
LOL
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Old 10-06-2007, 14:03
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There is a pedants forum on General Discussions.

I would consider ect to be a typo rather than a grammatical error.
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Old 10-06-2007, 14:41
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Your dead right, its so annoying !
let's not even joke about that kind of thing...
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Old 10-06-2007, 16:29
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What annoys me most is when you see a sign saying something like...

"APPLE'S £1"
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Old 10-06-2007, 16:41
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What annoys me most is when you see a sign saying something like...

"APPLE'S £1"
Unless they are talking about the pocket money belonging to the daughter of Gwyneth Paltrow.
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Old 10-06-2007, 20:58
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Without sounding like a snotty pedant, I just have to point out that the show that follows the Apprentice is called:

'The Apprentice: You're Fired'.

NOT:

'The Apprentice Your Fired'

as some people have renamed it.

Yes, yes, pedantic, but it needs to be said. It's a mistake made an alarming amount on this forum.
really?
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Old 10-06-2007, 21:39
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There is a pedants forum on General Discussions.

I would consider ect to be a typo rather than a grammatical error.
I disagree about ect. A typo is a random slip of the keys but people choose to write ect time and time again, often repeatedly in the same post.

I think it probably comes from the way they say it (eck cetra), having never seen it written down (et cetera).

Similarly they've probably never seen ‘could have’ (or could've) written down so they write to the nearest equivalent pronunciation (could of).

Now that ‘ask’ is being increasingly pronounced as ‘arks’ by younger people in the south of England it’s only a matter of time until we see it in written form in web forums like this.

I must have a look at the pedants thread!
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Old 11-06-2007, 06:41
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I saw another really stupid error on ITV Nightscreen this morning.
While giving information about an episode of Emmerdale, they informed us that one of the characters with mental health issue was going to go for "councilling".
Nothing more needs to be said, does it?
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Old 11-06-2007, 17:54
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ooh! when people type or say that they went to a shop and brought something when they actually mean bought!

phew! I feel better now!
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Old 11-06-2007, 18:36
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What about when people say "Nuke-u-lar" instead of "Nuclear"? Even some newsreaders do this, and I think George Bush does it too. What's going on there? It's not just pronouncing it wrongly, it's actually rearranging the order of the letters. Weird.
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Old 11-06-2007, 18:45
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Yes. If you're making this kind of basic error, it's in your best interests to do something about it.
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Old 11-06-2007, 20:32
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How about these persistent errors:

"loose" instead of "lose"
"ect" instead of "etc"

"could of" instead of "could've"

I don't know what they teach in schools these days, but judging by the standard of writing in the majority of forum posts they don't seem to cover the English language.


Omg, am i seriously doing that wrong?

As an A Level English student, i am shocked at myself
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Old 11-06-2007, 21:58
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How about these persistent errors:


"could of" instead of "could've"
Actually that should be "could have", contractions are technically wrong when written apart from in speech.
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