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24/01/2008 08:31:11
 
 
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Politics
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Other
Title:
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
01283222
Message ID:
01284922
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>>>I vote for the misuse of there and their and also weather and whether.
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>>As far as mis-usage goes, I think I've seen more incorrect "your" for "you're" with either variant for "they're" a close second.
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>>Far more pervasive, I think, is the use of "their" as a substitute for "his or her" singular possessive. I would not be surprised to see "official" grammar making this acceptable practice in the fairly near future. Strangely enough, I can't think of a commonly used equivalent for "he or she."
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>>My personal favorite pet grammar peeve is the use of "myself" as in "If you have grammar questions, just call Tamar or myself." ^%$#%^& (sound of fingernails on blackboard).
>
>Adding a grammar peeve - more ubiquitous than I ever thought possible. Heard frequently even when newsreaders are reading from teleprompters.
>
>"Congress will try and solve the problem ..."
>
>AAAAGH !

Sadly slipping into nearly all English now. I don't know about the US but here people will say, for "That needs to be put away": "That wants putting away".

Another bad one is: "I'm smarter than what I was a few years ago" Double AAAAGH !
- Whoever said that women are the weaker sex never tried to wrest the bedclothes off one in the middle of the night
- Worry is the interest you pay, in advance, for a loan that you may never need to take out.
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