Words most people use incorrectly
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Fewer vs less.
BBC journos saying "the data is...." It's a plural word you fuckwits.
The same journos saying "different to" rather than "different from". I'd like to smash them over the head with a rubber mallet while shouting "similar to, different from, get it now moron?"1 -
The word 'fair', when it is meant as 'not getting what I want'.0
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cafcfan said:
Fewer vs less.
BBC journos saying "the data is...." It's a plural word you fuckwits.
The same journos saying "different to" rather than "different from". I'd like to smash them over the head with a rubber mallet while shouting "similar to, different from, get it now moron?"http://youtu.be/u0wj38qTtFU
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the team were .. not the team is .. team is singular .. and this happens with so many singular words, another example .. the herd were .... NO .. the herd is .. this misuse is SOOO common nowadays. especially on the BBC, I wonder if were instead of 'is' is now the accepted form0
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Amount v Number.0
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the department were ... NO .. the department IS .. ((:>)0
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Defenently / Definitely0
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Existential/Existialism
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Minster and Minister1
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Nonce5
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Striker, defender0
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Those children know exactly what you are!i_b_b_o_r_g said:Nonce
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Stand...if it's got seats in it why is it called a stand ?1
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The flip of this really annoys me.cafc-west said:his. I've noticed quite a few people write "his gone down the pub (or wherever)" when what they mean is he's gone down the pub (or wherever)"... annoys me anyway!
He's boots were colourful, He's name, He's face... etc...
It winds me up. His is not he's and he's is not his... please stop blending them. They mean the opposites of what you're using them both for.
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'Different to' is absolutely fine. Unless the Oxford Dictionary and Jane Austen are 'morons'.cafcfan said:Fewer vs less.
BBC journos saying "the data is...." It's a plural word you fuckwits.
The same journos saying "different to" rather than "different from". I'd like to smash them over the head with a rubber mallet while shouting "similar to, different from, get it now moron?"
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May I go to the toilet vs can I go to the toilet
It's may I. Can implies your ability to go to the toilet.
The word awesome as in some form of description for a film. That film was awesome. No it wasn't, awesome in the true sense of the word can be applied to a hurricane for example, not a film
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His when they mean he is. When they should say he's.1
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Hopefully.
"Hopefully they will come."
NO!
I hope they will come.
They may well not come hopefully.1 -
"That's interesting" when it should be "Get a life you fucking pedants, language evolves and changes and so what if people get it wrong, you can still understand them"
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Two
As in two per cent0 -
Should of
Would of
Could of0 -
Effect an affect - I still ain't got a bloody clue.1
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Irregardless4
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"Like" when used because a person can't string two sentences together.1
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strong: a person can't "strong" two sentences together.1
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Maybe the easy way to remember: effect is a noun; affect is a verb.The Organiser said:Effect an affect - I still ain't got a bloody clue.
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Sick, as in 'those drugs you sold me last week were sick bruv'.0