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cbeebies 'more or less legs'?!

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wotnopulling · 15/08/2008 16:54

is there really not a single person involved in the production of this channel who knows the difference between countable and uncountable nouns?
i have complained.
hurumph.

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LippyGobshite · 15/08/2008 16:57

I've just emailed a website concerned with learning difficulties about the use of correct grammar being essential to its users. It was an apostrophe issue. I was remarkable restrained as I called them all fuckers but not cnuts.

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bottersnike · 15/08/2008 16:58

What a relief, it wasn't just me shouting at the television!

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wotnopulling · 15/08/2008 20:10

shouting while trying to explain the point to dd1 who is approaching three...

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AnybodyHomeMcFly · 15/08/2008 20:13

Ooh ooh Starfucks gets me every time with their "Think of the environment, use less napkins"
FEWER!!!! AAAARGHHHH!!!
Ooops, ahem, still at least I am among friends here....

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wotnopulling · 15/08/2008 20:33

aaaaaaargh no don't tell me! now i'm annoyed and i never go to starbucks!

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flimflammum · 15/08/2008 20:38

And isn't Waitrose the only supermarket that says '10 items or fewer' instead of '10 items or less'?

Yes, yes, I know you shouldn't start a paragraph with And

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jura · 16/08/2008 11:42

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squeaver · 16/08/2008 11:47

AAGH! The wrong use of "less" annoys me as much as "literally".

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