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Using quotation marks
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I hate it when people use a square root sign instead of a tick
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Grammar mugs
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Silly question but grey is grey and not gray, isn't it?
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And me? And I?
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Were and was
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At and in. When do you use them?
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Is it 'world-class' or 'world class'
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Who or whom? "They are a team from whom we will be collecting 3 points"
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It's petrel, not petrol, when talking about the colour...
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What is this gifting thing?
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It's unfazed, not unphased
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215
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Anyone or anybody
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Was this intentional?
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Is it 'nonsense' or 'a nonsense'? 'Good value' or 'a good value'?
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Can I get an answer?
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Does anybody else get annoyed when people put question marks at the end of sentences?
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Is there a difference between 'mistrust' and 'distrust'?
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I was sat
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A MNer or an MNer?
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Imcomprehensible
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Can pedants corner also be about 'things' ?
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Fastly
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Mentalist
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Cliquey
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Mumsnet Talk Page
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Quick question - is it Raspberry Pis or Raspberry Pi's?
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How are these 2 different?
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Equipt or equipped?
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Is they any more ?
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People who don't finish their adverbs!
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I'm sure this will interest you pedants!
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Tense about this, I am.
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Disappointed at ...
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"Half price off"
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I need these mugs...
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Getting instead of having.
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Professional pedants (i.e. editors): what is the best treatment for conferences?
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10 grammar rules you can forget...
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That v Which
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Someone here must know where I could find ...
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"you was" from grown adults
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I contacted Tesco about this mistake today....
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Possession for names that end in S?
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Of an evening
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I'm having an "its"/"it's" issue - help!
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Sugar and other chemicals
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advert in local paper (at least it didn't say 'for free')
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The Government are/ the Government is?
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