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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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DEFINITELY
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OMG - I think dh should be chairperson of Pedants' corner after he sent me this email...
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Brought and Bought HELP!
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Okay - for hard core pendats only!
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Calling all pedants who care to pass a verdict - am i mumsneting or mumsnetting?
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Cow and gate baby food advert
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comma splicing: what do you think?
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Have we done people who refer to a vulva as a vagina?
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Would it be...?
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The question marks in AIBU are distressing me disproportionately
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pssssst - anyone seen this on the allergies board?
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the hairdressers have changed their sign again
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Is the floor at my (filthy) local swimming pool
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"there" means "over there", "they're" means "they are" and "their" means "belongs to them"
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I'm definitely not a regular on this board! Every week though, my child's teacher writes up the week's notices..
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Wiped from the value of these companies...
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It is not bloody "Scalec-trix" or "Scalex-trix", it is SCALEXTRIC.
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It's "bored WITH" not "bored OF" isn't it? Or is it either?
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Unauthorised access
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I have a dilemma... don't want to come over all Giles Coren, but WWYD?
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From the Saturday Times - I thought you'd like this:
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An opinion is a fact...
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Matt in today's Telegraph
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