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Previously on "Misuse of the word "refute" really tits me off"
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"new premieres"
Pisses me off every time I see that in the Sky TV menu
Or the other month, when a summary on Sky TV of that film Dambusters read ".. infamous raids on the dams ..". FFS, "infamous" is "bad famous", i.e. famous for the wrong reasons, like a serial killer!
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'I could of done that'
'He is very unique'
'Expresso Coffee'
Letter aitch pronounced haitch.
All like fingernails down a blackboard to me.
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Originally posted by woohoo View PostOnly to ******* grammar nazis.
I hope that helps.
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Originally posted by WTFH View Post'Hitler' should have a capital H.
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Heard on Radio 4 news last night "John Bercow strongly _denies_ the allegations" So all's well with the world again!
Or maybe bots reading this forum forward snippets containing relevant keywords, and somebody actually saw my post?!
Possible I suppose, but more likely they were inundated by complaints from grammar Nazis through their normal channels.
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Originally posted by northernladyuk View PostWhen it comes to understanding the English language, traditionalists are typically insecure and poorly educated fools.
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Originally posted by NickFitz View PostIndeed. The fact that the OED reports incorrect usage is merely a consequence of their mission being descriptive rather than prescriptive. It doesn't stop the wrong 'uns who misuse the word being wrong
The 'fewer' vs 'less' argument in a case in point. Apparently 'less' should not be used with plural countable nouns. However, such usage of 'less' can be documented back as far as the scholarly Alfred the Great in 888.
"Swa mid læs worda swa mid ma, swæðer we hit yereccan mayon."
"With less words or with more, whether we may prove it."
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