Their or There?
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In the days of using a desk, computer and MS Word provided by Aunty Betty, I used to do a standard pre typing check. That was to type "colour" and see if clocked as a spelling mistake; the reason being that every time the IT wallahs applied "updates" to the system, it turned the spell checker back on that would go to its default setting of that mythical being, "American English". 
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Party Animal, the other nonsense which has crept in is "I'm good" instead of "I'm well" or "I'm fine".
I think it came from Australia - hence its popularity amongst yoof familar with the topography of Miss Minogue's bottom?
I think it came from Australia - hence its popularity amongst yoof familar with the topography of Miss Minogue's bottom?
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BEagle do keep up old chap ... Miss Minogue is so last decade 
Most UK male Uni students these days follow the young ladies from Home and Away ... so I'm told
Most UK male Uni students these days follow the young ladies from Home and Away ... so I'm told
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Not sure about 'over and out'... Shouldn't it be either 'over' or 'out'? (No point in passing back to the other party if you're not going to be there!!)
This makes interesting reading, and should be mandatory for all market traders:-
Apostrophe Use
(apple's, DVD's etc...)
I think only a passing mention was made about 'I' and 'me' - another common error I find irritating.
This makes interesting reading, and should be mandatory for all market traders:-
Apostrophe Use
(apple's, DVD's etc...)
I think only a passing mention was made about 'I' and 'me' - another common error I find irritating.
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500N,
Surely 'typo' is/should be used for inadvertently pressing the wrong, usually adjacent, key?
This of course results in a spelling error, but was not because of the operators inability to spell the word correctly.
Surely 'typo' is/should be used for inadvertently pressing the wrong, usually adjacent, key?
This of course results in a spelling error, but was not because of the operators inability to spell the word correctly.
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Aviation related stuff ....
Is it offense or offence ? 
There are several instances in British English where words such as licence, practice, etc are spelt with a 'c' when used as a noun, but with an 's' when used as a verb. For example:
"We went to rugby practice, where we practised scrums and lineouts."
"His driving licence shows that he is licensed to drive HGVs."
Of course the verb from offence is offend, but the same principle applies - US English always prefers the 's' spelling over the 'c', and makes no distinction between the spelling of the noun and the verb.
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WHY ENGLISH IS SO HARD
We'll begin with a box, and the plural is boxes,
But the plural of ox becomes oxen, not oxes.
One fowl is a goose, but two are called geese,
Yet the plural of moose should never be meese.
You may find a lone mouse or a nest full of mice,
Yet the plural of house is houses, not hice.
If the plural of man is always called men,
Why shouldn't the plural of pan be called pen?
If I speak of my foot and show you my feet,
And I give you a boot, would a pair be called beet?
If one is a tooth and a whole set are teeth,
Why shouldn't the plural of booth be called beeth?
Then one may be that, and three would be those,
Yet hat in the plural would never be hose,
And the plural of cat is cats, not cose.
We speak of a brother and also of brethren,
But though we say mother, we never say methren.
Then the masculine pronouns are he, his and him,
But imagine the feminine: she, shis and shim!
Let's face it - English is a crazy language.
There is no egg in eggplant nor ham in hamburger;
neither apple nor pine in pineapple.
English muffins weren't invented in England.
We take English for granted, but if we explore its paradoxes, we find
that quicksand can work slowly, boxing rings are square, and a guinea
pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig.
And why is it that writers write but fingers don't fing, grocers don't
groce and hammers don't ham?
Doesn't it seem crazy that you can make amends but not one amend.If
you have a bunch of odds and ends and get rid of all but one of them, what do
you call it?
If teachers taught, why didn't preachers praught?
If a vegetarian eats vegetables, what does a humanitarian eat?
Sometimes I think all the folks who grew up speaking English should be
committed to an asylum for the verbally insane.
In what other language do people recite at a play and play at a recital?
We ship by truck but send cargo by ship.
We have noses that run and feet that smell.
We park in a driveway and drive in a parkway.
And how can a slim chance and a fat chance be the same, while a wise
man and a wise guy are opposites?
You have to marvel at the unique lunacy of a language in which your
house can burn up as it burns
down, in which you fill in a form by filling it out,
and in which an alarm goes off by going on.
And, in closing, if Father is Pop, how come Mother's not Mop?
But the plural of ox becomes oxen, not oxes.
One fowl is a goose, but two are called geese,
Yet the plural of moose should never be meese.
You may find a lone mouse or a nest full of mice,
Yet the plural of house is houses, not hice.
If the plural of man is always called men,
Why shouldn't the plural of pan be called pen?
If I speak of my foot and show you my feet,
And I give you a boot, would a pair be called beet?
If one is a tooth and a whole set are teeth,
Why shouldn't the plural of booth be called beeth?
Then one may be that, and three would be those,
Yet hat in the plural would never be hose,
And the plural of cat is cats, not cose.
We speak of a brother and also of brethren,
But though we say mother, we never say methren.
Then the masculine pronouns are he, his and him,
But imagine the feminine: she, shis and shim!
Let's face it - English is a crazy language.
There is no egg in eggplant nor ham in hamburger;
neither apple nor pine in pineapple.
English muffins weren't invented in England.
We take English for granted, but if we explore its paradoxes, we find
that quicksand can work slowly, boxing rings are square, and a guinea
pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig.
And why is it that writers write but fingers don't fing, grocers don't
groce and hammers don't ham?
Doesn't it seem crazy that you can make amends but not one amend.If
you have a bunch of odds and ends and get rid of all but one of them, what do
you call it?
If teachers taught, why didn't preachers praught?
If a vegetarian eats vegetables, what does a humanitarian eat?
Sometimes I think all the folks who grew up speaking English should be
committed to an asylum for the verbally insane.
In what other language do people recite at a play and play at a recital?
We ship by truck but send cargo by ship.
We have noses that run and feet that smell.
We park in a driveway and drive in a parkway.
And how can a slim chance and a fat chance be the same, while a wise
man and a wise guy are opposites?
You have to marvel at the unique lunacy of a language in which your
house can burn up as it burns
down, in which you fill in a form by filling it out,
and in which an alarm goes off by going on.
And, in closing, if Father is Pop, how come Mother's not Mop?
not to mention
drapers not drapists
grocers not grocists
but rapists not rapers.
And slow down and slow up mean the same thing.
No vunder ze German spies voss quickly rounded up in 1939 [or was it down?]
drapers not drapists
grocers not grocists
but rapists not rapers.
And slow down and slow up mean the same thing.
No vunder ze German spies voss quickly rounded up in 1939 [or was it down?]
Beagle: do keep up!
I'm good is simply pages back!
Oh! and
Officers Mess
yes I am sure they do, but why advertise it?
I'm good is simply pages back!
Oh! and
Officers Mess
yes I am sure they do, but why advertise it?
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My hate-of-the-moment is 'incredibly', used as a general purpose superlative. Always tempts me to growl: "So you don't believe it, either ?" before hurling something heavy at the Box.
(Not really, as I'm not sure the Extended Warranty would cover it. "All Risks", perhaps ?)
D.
My hate-of-the-moment is 'incredibly', used as a general purpose superlative. Always tempts me to growl: "So you don't believe it, either ?" before hurling something heavy at the Box.
(Not really, as I'm not sure the Extended Warranty would cover it. "All Risks", perhaps ?)
D.
I don't own this space under my name. I should have leased it while I still could
CM, in the land of the Grims it is common - I was, you was, he was.
Now it should follow as - we were, you were, they were.
However the plural pronouns also tend to take the singular 'was'.
Now it should follow as - we were, you were, they were.
However the plural pronouns also tend to take the singular 'was'.
I don't own this space under my name. I should have leased it while I still could
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And, in closing, if Father is Pop, how come Mother's not Mop?
Surely it should read... if Father is Dad, how come Mother's not Mad? (although our offspring may think that she is... not you, Dear).
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Just booked a flight on British Airways | Book Worldwide Flights & Holidays.
At the confirmation stage it says :
"We are finalising .............. and look forward to welcoming you onboard."
Shouldn't it be 'on board', as 'onboard' is an adjective? You'd think the world's favourite airline might get that right, or am I wrong?
At the confirmation stage it says :
"We are finalising .............. and look forward to welcoming you onboard."
Shouldn't it be 'on board', as 'onboard' is an adjective? You'd think the world's favourite airline might get that right, or am I wrong?
Now we've done the annual 'my English is better than you're English', should we resurrect the 'I'm great at my job and fat verses I can't do my job because I'm fit' thread?
