Quite apart from the 'buy your onion's here' signs, are they becoming more common? I have seen mean't several times just recently which struck me as particularly imaginative.
Have also noticed an habitual misplacing in contractions to give do'nt and could'nt for example.
It seems to be a common mistake now but why? Has it always been this way?
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ShowOfHands · 15/09/2009 16:08
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