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I was/I were conundrum - please explain
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Mis-CHEEV-ious!!!!
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Milk from a cow/cows
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Have / Do - DH driving me mad and now DD's doing it too.
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Use of 'an' or 'a' with acroynms
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Wrap up warm?
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Mighty oaks from little eggcorns grow
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HELP PLEASE OH WISE ONES
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which or who?
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Are estate agents au fait with the English Language?
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I saw this and I thought of you...
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Do you ever feel like you're going to explode when you're arguing with someone on MN....
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Peadophiles and other abuses
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Lets or Let's? As in let's go out for lunch.
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probably ranted about lots of times before..but 'deteriorate'...
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"Insect Day"
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earnt
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New Years or New Year?
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Spelling practise
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where did the syllable go?
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Please help me rephrase a couple of sentences. They sound really clumsy atm
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Grammar quiz
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Have we done 'disgusting'?
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BBC News 24 on-screen caption just said they were laying "reefs" at the Cenotaph!!
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Struggled to stifle a giggle at this one.......
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Obama
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can we have a Haiku thread? Pleeeease? It'll bring in the young blood, honest
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Hi - maah- lee - ah or Him - ah - lay - ah ?
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'enculturated'?
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Help - apostropheuse?
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Can you experts please help me with commas in my application?
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"slither"
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Street name query
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9 yrs olds spelling test - do you agree 'emphasize' is WRONG!!!???
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is it a SAE or an SAE?
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Quantifying uniqueness ...?
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Anyone ever complained about bad spelling/punctuation and if so what happened?
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I know it's been done to death fellow pedants, but should of/would of/could of..
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An interesting defence from the dark side...
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Pronunciation of 'the'.
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Do you say 'movie' for film? Am I being unreasonable if I kill someone for doing it?
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Strictly speaking, it's Hallowe'en not Halloween isn't it?
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I am getting really cheesed off with the advert at the top of Mumsnet for Travian, it has words floating along saying...
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Another apostrophe question
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"you and me" or "youself and myself" ??
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Is this wrong...
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I do not go 'jogging'! Do I?
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**** off
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is there a word for initials which have become words?
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Text
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