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Old 11-06-2007, 22:21
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Ah... Eats, Shoots & Leaves fans.
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Old 11-06-2007, 23:47
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Omg, am i seriously doing that wrong?

As an A Level English student, i am shocked at myself
The i should have been a capital I.
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Old 12-06-2007, 08:53
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I love the pendaticism! Can I join the club?!

You're/Your and There/Their/They're also really get my goat.
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Old 12-06-2007, 09:05
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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
But it's is always short for it is

Its meaning 'belonging to it' has no apostrophe. It is a possessive pronoun like his.

One of mine (most of the others have been mentioned)
is 'here here' instead of hear hear. I always want to post where? where?
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Old 12-06-2007, 09:16
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Old 12-06-2007, 09:19
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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!
Unless they nicked it, then they have brought it from the shop.
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Old 12-06-2007, 09:47
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Unless they nicked it, then they have brought it from the shop.
Or if it was a 'bring & buy' sale. But then they would leave behind the stuff they have brought and bring back the stuff they have bought....
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Old 12-06-2007, 09:52
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Im apaulled with this thred. Hav'ent you anything better to do with you're lifes. Your all bad peeps threw and through.
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Old 12-06-2007, 09:57
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But it's is always short for it is

Its meaning 'belonging to it' has no apostrophe. It is a possessive pronoun like his.

One of mine (most of the others have been mentioned)
is 'here here' instead of hear hear. I always want to post where? where?
"It's" means it is, yes, and i don't like it when people put "its" instead of "it's", really bugs me

where? where? lol
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Old 12-06-2007, 10:09
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Im apaulled with this thred. Hav'ent you anything better to do with you're lifes. Your all bad peeps threw and through.
of coarse, theirs always one....
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Old 12-06-2007, 12:49
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I am glad that I am not the only pedant to frequent this holy place!

Now, can we please have a tutorial on the proper use of the words They're, There, Their and There!

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Old 12-06-2007, 18:52
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Omg, am i seriously doing that wrong?

As an A Level English student, i am shocked at myself
I believe the verb 'to loose' means something like to shoot an arrow, but I'm probably wrong. One second.

*looks in dictionary*

yeah, it means to let something loose, particularly in the sense of an arrow or a bullet...quite ambiguous.
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Old 12-06-2007, 19:25
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My son has just got a BA in Linguistics, now I've got to watch how I speak & write! Got to do it all proper!!!

And while we're at it. How about Iraq & I-rarq
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Old 12-06-2007, 19:27
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My son has just got a BA in Linguistics, now I've got to watch how I speak & write! Got to do it all proper!!!
Really?? I'm totally about to apply to study Linguistics! (With French)
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