I'm so board!

[FullyImmersed]

AIBU to think that it's really not that hard to learn the difference between bored and board??

lose and loose.

It's not that fucking difficult.

My Local fb has a sales page - I have to step 3 smart paces away from the lap top and slam my hand in a drawer to stop my self typing when some one types expect instead of accept. Grammar and punctuation don't normally wind me up but that does for some reason.

Oh, and whilst we're talking about FB For Sale pages - if I see 'I have xxx for sell' one more time I will eat my own head.

sarahstratton - lose and loose - make me go purple with rage

effect/affect - GRRRRRR

I have just received an email from a very well-known and highly regarded grantmaking body (I work in charity fundraising) asking me to "except our apologies" for the wrong link they had sent in an earlier message. I wonder if they fund literacy projects....????

I will put my hand up and admit to struggling with practise and practice. If anyone has a pet way of remembering, I would love to knowit.

• know it.

Rest bite instead of respite!!

Sarah you go to C the doctor. Doctor's practice. Practice is a noun. Practise is a verb. Tennis practise. Like license and licence.

Your being unreasonable.

its "tennis practiCE" isn't it?

Sorry that was an example of me being wrong.
I am going to practise my tennis. (verb)
I am going to tennis practice. (noun)

yes, i thought it was a deliberate mistake there

X post fanjo. As soon as I sent it I was 'oh bollocks'.

here and hear

"what music can you here" was emblazoned on the wall of the local surestart centre

you'd better go and lend a dictionary from someone

yes "borrow" and "lend" confusion gets to me!

Nearly everyone on radio and TV now uses "wandering" and "wondering" as if they are interchangeable. Drives me nuts.

Hi, we've moved this into Pedants' Corner now.

I should of paid more attention at school
Gunna get a dictionary
Must get off of the computer and do the washing up now

bored of

(jumped) off of

I am not a pedant though.
I teach adults who have never been to school. Homophones are tricky when you have low levels of literacy. But your/ you're in adults with high functional literacy skills annoys me. Quite a lot.

A lot of the teachers at my dc's school say "haitch" for "aitch." The dear dc correct them, how they must enjoy it.