It's shoo-in, not shoeing

[pigsDOfly]

Unless, of course your talking about shoeing a horse.

The word, when talking about a definite winner, is 'a shoo-in'.

I read two different articles in my newspaper this morning written by two different people, both made the claim that Labour is a 'shoeing' for the next general election.

Does nobody read these things before they're printed?

Proofreading is such a pavlova

Unless, of course your talking about shoeing a horse.

Should this be 'you're' if we're being pedants?

Possibly not grammatically incorrect but can I add to gonna/wanna to the banned list?

Bored of instead of with. Annoying.

Or giving someone a shoeing.

@blue345 Oh God. How embarrassing😊

Of course it should be you're. Seems I also forgot to read what I'd typed before I pressed the button. Oh dear.

You can give someone a good shoeing but I agree that people usually mean shoo-in.

I hear you OP

Can you not just get over it?

Seems I also forgot to read what I'd typed before I pressed the button. Oh dear.

The good thing about embracing being a grammar pedant is that we're good-natured when our mistakes are pointed out.

I haven't yet dared point out to my boss that one of the company names in our weekend email (to our client list of thousands) was incorrect today.

The good thing about embracing being a gramma pedant is that we're all good-natured when our mistakes are pointed out.

Absolutely. If we aren't prepared to accept our own mistakes being pointed out to us then we have no business being pedants😊

The good thing about embracing being a gramma pedant is that we're all good-natured when our mistakes are pointed out.

Not sure whether it was a deliberate edit or not but your post made me panic that I'd misspelt 'grammar'!

Do you also feel you've really let yourself down when you spot a grammar mistake in your own writing? It's a highly uninspiring superpower but it's the only one I have.

@blue345 Sorry, you're spelling is correct. It was me again, not reading before I posted. I really must stop doing that.

I type too quickly and tend to leave bits out, and as I say, I often don't read before I post, which is probably obvious.

I've always been a poor typist because of the speed at which I type and the lack of attention to detail and it's getting worse the older I get.

Must do better.

Sticking with the feet theme, though at a bit of a tangent….its toe the line, not tow. I see that so often.

I heard a radio presenter say “whooping cough “as if it were spelt Wooping cough!

“She turned round and said…” Really? You saw her turn round, did you? Also, How do you know she turned round when she was speaking to you using her phone?

I do enjoy a poster correcting grammar as they make a grammatical error themselves

That was very common usage where I grew up in Essex years ago. I think it is a regional dialect thing.