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Re: Pet Grammar/Spelling Peeves
« Reply #225 on: May 02, 2017, 10:25:25 AM »
  Poor internet spellers, listen up:  If you lose weight, your pants will get loose. :facepalm2:
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Re: Pet Grammar/Spelling Peeves
« Reply #226 on: May 03, 2017, 12:25:20 AM »
Quote from: "couldbecousin" on May 02, 2017, 10:25:25 AM
  Poor internet spellers, listen up:  If you lose weight, your pants will get loose. :facepalm2:

Play fast and lose with the grammar. :P
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Re: Pet Grammar/Spelling Peeves
« Reply #227 on: May 03, 2017, 05:18:50 AM »
Quote from: odeon on May 03, 2017, 12:25:20 AM
Quote from: "couldbecousin" on May 02, 2017, 10:25:25 AM
  Poor internet spellers, listen up:  If you lose weight, your pants will get loose. :facepalm2:

Play fast and lose with the grammar. :P

  You're part of the problem.  Stop encouraging them!   :GA:
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Re: Pet Grammar/Spelling Peeves
« Reply #228 on: May 03, 2017, 10:33:09 AM »
Quote from: odeon on May 03, 2017, 12:25:20 AM
Quote from: "couldbecousin" on May 02, 2017, 10:25:25 AM
  Poor internet spellers, listen up:  If you lose weight, your pants will get loose. :facepalm2:

Play fast and lose with the Grandma. :P

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Re: Pet Grammar/Spelling Peeves
« Reply #229 on: May 03, 2017, 12:10:24 PM »
Quote from: Queen Victoria on May 03, 2017, 10:33:09 AM
Quote from: odeon on May 03, 2017, 12:25:20 AM
Quote from: "couldbecousin" on May 02, 2017, 10:25:25 AM
  Poor internet spellers, listen up:  If you lose weight, your pants will get loose. :facepalm2:

Play fast and lose with the Grandma. :P

Fixed

Disturbing!

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Re: Pet Grammar/Spelling Peeves
« Reply #230 on: May 03, 2017, 12:13:55 PM »

Meddle, mettle, medal, metal!!!

Do I actually have to explain it all over again!??!
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Re: Pet Grammar/Spelling Peeves
« Reply #231 on: May 03, 2017, 12:18:11 PM »

Beside, besides. Aside, asides. Etc.

It happens!


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Re: Pet Grammar/Spelling Peeves
« Reply #232 on: May 03, 2017, 12:24:05 PM »

Or how about the commonly misused "conferencing?"

There is no conferencing, there is only conferring. They did not conference today, They conferred. You might have a conference to attend, but what you do there is not conferencing. It is conferring!

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Re: Pet Grammar/Spelling Peeves
« Reply #233 on: May 03, 2017, 03:47:55 PM »
I defiantly have to do some conferencing tomorrow.
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Re: Pet Grammar/Spelling Peeves
« Reply #234 on: May 03, 2017, 06:05:50 PM »
Quote from: odeon on May 03, 2017, 03:47:55 PM
I defiantly have to do some conferencing tomorrow.

  I can barley keep my sanity when I read such dreck.  :headhurts:
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Re: Pet Grammar/Spelling Peeves
« Reply #235 on: May 03, 2017, 07:13:05 PM »
Quote from: odeon on May 03, 2017, 03:47:55 PM
I defiantly have to do some conferencing tomorrow.

Take pics because no one with a brain believes you. :P
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Re: Pet Grammar/Spelling Peeves
« Reply #236 on: May 04, 2017, 09:05:46 AM »
http://www.dictionary.com/browse/conferencing

It's a fairly new addition.  Only since 1865 or so.
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Re: Pet Grammar/Spelling Peeves
« Reply #237 on: May 04, 2017, 10:53:19 AM »
shall    will
may     can

VIN number

complected instead of complexioned
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Re: Pet Grammar/Spelling Peeves
« Reply #238 on: May 04, 2017, 07:23:20 PM »
Quote from: Meowsy McDermott on May 04, 2017, 09:05:46 AM
http://www.dictionary.com/browse/conferencing

It's a fairly new addition.  Only since 1865 or so.

You do understand that that is bullshit, right?
I do not care how many .coms they have in their name.
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