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lucy4lucy4 Member Posts: 8,116
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No,it's not allowed. I blame 'Girls Aloud' for this mistake creeping in to written text. Add your (you're) own irritants,just a lighthearted thread amongst the more serious stuff on here (hear) at the moment.
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  • Tikay10Tikay10 Member, Administrator, Moderator Posts: 171,027

    He must of agreed

    "Of" instead of "have" drives me nuts.
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  • stokefcstokefc Member Posts: 7,867
    I always loose a lot of money when I play lose
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  • Tikay10Tikay10 Member, Administrator, Moderator Posts: 171,027
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    stokefc said:

    I always loose a lot of money when I play lose

    Ha, that drives me nuts, too.
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  • goldongoldon Member Posts: 9,149
    Honour instead of honor being incorrect in US spell check on here.
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  • TheEdge949TheEdge949 Member Posts: 5,713
    There instead of their, the misuse of the apostrophe and other punctuation anomalies.
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  • lucy4lucy4 Member Posts: 8,116
    Accept/Except/Expect.
    Advise/Advice.
    Affect/Effect.
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  • Itsover4uItsover4u Member Posts: 1,538
    I once had somebody call me a monghole
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  • Tikay10Tikay10 Member, Administrator, Moderator Posts: 171,027

    Those who don't know the difference between a roof & a ceiling. They are very different things.

    Here's a typical example from today's news, which is repeated in almost every newspaper - it was part of the ceiling that came down, not the roof.



    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-47316311
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  • dobiesdrawdobiesdraw Member Posts: 2,793
    The ceiling is on the inside and the roof on the outside , isn't it ?
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  • Tikay10Tikay10 Member, Administrator, Moderator Posts: 171,027
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    dobiesdraw said:

    The ceiling is on the inside and the roof on the outside , isn't it ?

    Correct.

    A multi-storey building has one roof, but many ceilings.
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  • Tikay10Tikay10 Member, Administrator, Moderator Posts: 171,027

    One that has always confused me is the difference between "flammable" & "inflammable".

    Seems to me they mean much the same thing, which is odd as the "in" prefix often denotes opposites - as with active / inactive, valid / invalid, accurate / inaccurate.
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  • dobiesdrawdobiesdraw Member Posts: 2,793
    A lack of paragraphing
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  • MAXALLYMAXALLY Member Posts: 17,636
    True story..

    I used to work in insurance and on my 1st day was asked what was the difference between illegal and unlawful. I was given till the end of the day to come up with the answer. I nervously came up with an answer and stood there in the Boss's office trying to sound confident with it. His reply (and his answer) I have always remembered over the years. Anyone care to attempt it before I give (his) answer?...
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  • EssexphilEssexphil Member Posts: 8,845
    MAXALLY said:

    True story..

    I used to work in insurance and on my 1st day was asked what was the difference between illegal and unlawful. I was given till the end of the day to come up with the answer. I nervously came up with an answer and stood there in the Boss's office trying to sound confident with it. His reply (and his answer) I have always remembered over the years. Anyone care to attempt it before I give (his) answer?...

    I have the specialist knowledge for this one.

    "Unlawful" means against the law of the land
    "Illegal" is a sick bird.

    Nothing succeeds quite like a parrot with no teeth....:)
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  • MAXALLYMAXALLY Member Posts: 17,636
    Essexphil said:

    MAXALLY said:

    True story..

    I used to work in insurance and on my 1st day was asked what was the difference between illegal and unlawful. I was given till the end of the day to come up with the answer. I nervously came up with an answer and stood there in the Boss's office trying to sound confident with it. His reply (and his answer) I have always remembered over the years. Anyone care to attempt it before I give (his) answer?...

    I have the specialist knowledge for this one.

    "Unlawful" means against the law of the land
    "Illegal" is a sick bird.

    Nothing succeeds quite like a parrot with no teeth....:)
    Correct. B)

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  • goldongoldon Member Posts: 9,149
    quite , quiet, quit, quoit, quote, fell fowl foul Oops!
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