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Pedants' corner

Nelson Mandela concert
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Practice / Practise
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when 'historic' and when 'historical?
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There should be less threads in Pedant's Corner. It distresses me so much.
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Did anyone see the ad for Mi6 in The Guardian today?
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Customer: Could I get a beer?
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urgent help please!! dice or die?
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our
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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Walked past a handwritten sign yesterday....
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There is nothing grammatically wrong with a "split infinitive"
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'Have you got?' ,'Yes I do'-please tell me this is wrong!
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Good god, the Times is on a slippery slope....
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Power of eternity
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'disappearing into the ethos'
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Sports Day
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'perennial massage'
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1940's memorabilia...
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Please teach me how to use the apostrophe correctly!
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What's for breakfast?
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Unchronological!
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Sceptic/ skeptic
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While or Whilst?
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Irritating crap maths at Tesco
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injustice..
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Question to ask published writers/authors or literary agents - FICTION!
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Confession time
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Oh clever people, can I borrow you for 2 mins to help me word a brief email please?
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I thought my joke was quite funny but it was a thread killer. Can I try again in pedant's corner?
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Punctuation after a bracket ...
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is this bad grammar?
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Activity leaflet
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Should you not where some kind of jumpsuit!- bbc website
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Help!?
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Some people can't spell well and that's all there is to it!
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Even for a pedant I feel this is a dreary post but here goes!
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This one is a shocker!
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pro-rated
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It's fazed not phased
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Good article on the BBC website about business jargon
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letter from dd1's 'stage school' - read it and weep!
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Have L'Oreal never heard of magic 'e' words ?
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Can someone give me the words?
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T-shirt for sale in Tesco, reads "Zebra's have stripes"
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"Nobody never gave me nothing"
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Commas
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'Less emissions' <thud>
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"I haven't had chance"
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realised or realized?
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A question for commited pedants
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