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think positive 
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That's coz this is austraya!
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David
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Apostrophe abuse. Everyone know's I cant handle it.
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Wokko 
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| David wrote: | | Apostrophe abuse. Everyone know's I cant handle it. |
Similar to that I hate quotation mark abuse, particularly bad at cafes.
Come in for a 'coffee'. Do they realise they're saying that it's not actually coffee? |
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Pies4shaw 
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think positive
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And exclamation mark abuse,
Headline: 14 people were killed in this tragic plane crash!
Needs a full stop or a sad face on the end instead!!!!
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Dangles
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Just now I was standing here reading this thread and a co-worker walked up to me and said "Can I ask you a question?"  |
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King Monkey
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| Wokko wrote: | Calling a Chest of Drawers "Chester Drawers"
Also it's a doggy dog world. |
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nFHXuPo1_k
 
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think positive
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| Dangles wrote: | | Just now I was standing here reading this thread and a co-worker walked up to me and said "Can I ask you a question?" |
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Fingernail marks in mushrooms.
I guarantee next time you are putting some in your little brown mushy bag at the supermarket / fruit & veg shop, you'll look out for them.
It's also the reason I don't buy boiled eggs from the take away shop. |
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John Wren 
"Look after the game. It means so much to so many."
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| David wrote: | | Apostrophe abuse. Everyone know's I cant handle it. |
why are people inconsistent with its use when using it incorrectly to pluralise things? too often i see an apostrophe used and then not used in the same sentence. e.g. the pie's are aren't winning many games but don't look like loser's.
correct spelling or lack there of and using the correct word is a bugbear. aside from the abuse of there, their etc bought being used mistakenly for brought is a big one. it's rife in the footy media.
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stui magpie 
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When my kids were little and I played this in the car, I'd hear them singing the chorus in the back, "It's a doggy dog".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8xNn4td37k
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John Wren
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| Wokko wrote: | Calling a Chest of Drawers "Chester Drawers"
Also it's a doggy dog world. |
one foul swoop. there's only one foul swoop and he likes goats.
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stui magpie
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| John Wren wrote: | | Wokko wrote: | Calling a Chest of Drawers "Chester Drawers"
Also it's a doggy dog world. |
one foul swoop. there's only one foul swoop and he likes goats. |
That one annoys me too. When you try to explain that the phrase is "One fell swoop" people look at you stupid. When you try to explain that the usage of the word "fell" in this context is from old english and the word then meant cruel, ruthless or terrible (it's actually used in this context in Tolkien's books and in Shakespeare) you can actually see brain cells exploding.
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John Wren
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being punctual for meetings and other events.
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luvdids
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| stui magpie wrote: | | John Wren wrote: | | Wokko wrote: | Calling a Chest of Drawers "Chester Drawers"
Also it's a doggy dog world. |
one foul swoop. there's only one foul swoop and he likes goats. |
That one annoys me too. When you try to explain that the phrase is "One fell swoop" people look at you stupid. When you try to explain that the usage of the word "fell" in this context is from old english and the word then meant cruel, ruthless or terrible (it's actually used in this context in Tolkien's books and in Shakespeare) you can actually see brain cells exploding. |
Yes! Similar thing, with one wrong word changing the meaning - median strip. It's not a 'medium strip', median strips can be any size - small, medium or large.
And Princess Highway. No idiots, it's Princes Hwy (was going to contest a speeding fine that the cop wrote Princess Hwy as the place of offence - there's no such road! Didn't bother, still think I should have) |
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