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Re: Pet Grammar/Spelling Peeves
« Reply #210 on: February 28, 2017, 07:38:00 PM »
Quote from: Jack on February 28, 2017, 05:06:02 PM
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Noo!!! Not Buzz Lightyear! He's my childhood hero. :heart:
The composition is excellent, and the perspective on the bent leg is a skill young children don't generally have, so if it's legitimately a child's drawing then their spelling is excused.

Very true. They wouldn't do the blinking light effects either.
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Re: Pet Grammar/Spelling Peeves
« Reply #211 on: March 07, 2017, 01:34:26 AM »

How about ...

"guaranteed warranty"

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Re: Pet Grammar/Spelling Peeves
« Reply #212 on: March 07, 2017, 03:20:59 AM »
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How about ...

"guaranteed warranty"

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I would not buy it.
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Re: Pet Grammar/Spelling Peeves
« Reply #213 on: March 09, 2017, 02:16:42 PM »
 ... can I not expect at least a close assemblance of ...  (semblance?)

I know most of mine are more about horrid mis-usages than simple spelling errors.

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Re: Pet Grammar/Spelling Peeves
« Reply #214 on: March 09, 2017, 11:19:02 PM »
Mis-usages are just as relevant.

One thing I have wondered for a long time (I hope someone can help me with this), is it "suffice to say" or "suffice it to say"?

I have seen both and wonder if only one is correct or they both are.
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Re: Pet Grammar/Spelling Peeves
« Reply #215 on: March 10, 2017, 12:36:42 AM »
Suffice to say.
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Re: Pet Grammar/Spelling Peeves
« Reply #216 on: March 11, 2017, 05:18:49 AM »
Thanks odeon. Have you ever heard the other version?
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Re: Pet Grammar/Spelling Peeves
« Reply #217 on: March 11, 2017, 07:23:01 AM »
I don't think so. The Brits don't use it.
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Re: Pet Grammar/Spelling Peeves
« Reply #218 on: May 01, 2017, 05:40:19 AM »
People who write "defiantly" instead of "definitely". Don't they realise that it looks totally wrong and it has a totally different meaning?
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Re: Pet Grammar/Spelling Peeves
« Reply #219 on: May 01, 2017, 05:43:07 AM »
Quote from: renaeden on May 01, 2017, 05:40:19 AM
People who write "defiantly" instead of "definitely". Don't they realise that it looks totally wrong and it has a totally different meaning?

  I've also seen it spelled "definately."  I suspect "defiantly" is what autocorrect comes up with.  :orly:
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Re: Pet Grammar/Spelling Peeves
« Reply #220 on: May 01, 2017, 05:48:37 AM »
Horror! My oldest sister spells "can't" as "carnt"! It is not a typo either as I have seen it a number of times and again just now.

The shame.
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Re: Pet Grammar/Spelling Peeves
« Reply #221 on: May 01, 2017, 05:50:19 AM »
Quote from: renaeden on May 01, 2017, 05:48:37 AM
Horror! My oldest sister spells "can't" as "carnt"! It is not a typo either as I have seen it a number of times and again just now.

The shame.

  Does she pronounce it that way?  Maybe her own accent is working against her.  :P
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Re: Pet Grammar/Spelling Peeves
« Reply #222 on: May 01, 2017, 05:54:49 AM »
Quote from: "couldbecousin" on May 01, 2017, 05:50:19 AM
Quote from: renaeden on May 01, 2017, 05:48:37 AM
Horror! My oldest sister spells "can't" as "carnt"! It is not a typo either as I have seen it a number of times and again just now.

The shame.
Does she pronounce it that way?  Maybe her own accent is working against her.  :P
With the Australian accent, they are both said the same. We don't say the r and it does not rhyme with ant like it does for you Americans.
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Re: Pet Grammar/Spelling Peeves
« Reply #223 on: May 01, 2017, 11:49:11 PM »
That's defiantly wrong.
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Re: Pet Grammar/Spelling Peeves
« Reply #224 on: May 02, 2017, 09:23:42 AM »
Quote from: odeon on May 01, 2017, 11:49:11 PM
That's defiantly wrong.
 

Don't be so stubborn about it.
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