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To tell him to fook off

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Delamalama · 20/05/2019 08:04

My friend on facebook put a photo of a wrong word used in a sentence, she's a bit obsessed with grammar. I replied and the conversation went along these lines.

Me: I'm not normally a knob about these things but even I think that's bad
Friend of friend: It's not being a knob pointing out when someone can't spell or use grammar correctly.
Me: It is been a knob as not everyone can spell or use grammar right.
Friend of friend: It's 'being' not been
Me: oh do fuck off!

I think I was perfectly reasonable as it's facebook not an exam. I don't go round telling people to fuck off normally but this really annoyed me.
My brother said it was banter my mum is quite cross with me.

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NoSauce · 20/05/2019 12:01

Yes, why would you write been instead of being? Was it an error?

Delamalama · 20/05/2019 12:11

@nosauce yes it was. I actually had to think which to use, so he hit a nerve when he corrected me.

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Acis · 20/05/2019 12:14

YABU. The been/being substitution is just annoying.

SignedUpJust4This · 20/05/2019 14:28

Yep that's annoying. It's 'bean' btw

Fiveredbricks · 20/05/2019 16:13

@Delamalama you might want to up your punctuation game, also 🤷

Just sayin'.

Delamalama · 20/05/2019 20:43

@fiver that was my point, I'm shit at grammar! Which is why I hate it when peole have a go at others for it, which i wasn't doing. Maybe I explained it wrong in my first post.
Innit! Grin

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Delamalama · 20/05/2019 20:44

I'm shit at punctuation also but I can spell 💪

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