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Should of, could of but in the end just couldn't
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I now imagine you all with plummy Home Counties accents...:rotfl:
I'm almost sorry to disappoint you but I sound just like Big Mo Slater from EastEnders, only not so erudite.
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." -- Red Adair0 -
I just saw a thread on another forum from someone talking about his 21'st birthday! :eek: But the birthday is the 19th April, not the 19'th, so go figure....:doh:0
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I received an email yesterday from a multinational company proclaiming that their new products will be "distributed to retailer's (sic) in June"
*Sigh*No trees were killed to send this message, but a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced. - Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson)0 -
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. It's wouldn't have not wouldn't of, shouldn't have not shouldn't of and couldn't have not couldn't of. Geddit?0 -
Re my dislike of incorrectly used "decimate" ]frivolous_fay wrote: »To be fair... is that a commonly known definition?
I think I got to 30 before hearing about the Romans!
Even without knowing about Roman mutineers, surely a speaker would think it referred to ten of something (though whether it was a case of a tenth being killed or a tenth being left might elude them).
And, while I'm back here:
Why are things now "in light of something" rather than "in the light of something"?0 -
Yep*, I've figured it.pinkduvetdiva wrote: »I just saw a thread on another forum from someone talking about his 21'st birthday! :eek: But the birthday is the 19th April, not the 19'th, so go figure....:doh:
We all know about apostrophe S, but nobody has heard about apostrophe T.
*probably not the best word to use in this thread. 0 -
I am enjoying this thread. I do not like the use of padding in sentences - such as "i, myself.......", "my personal view" and basically, fundamentally, literally when whatever is not any of these.
pacific for specific
kinda
eversa (for ever so)
I could go on and on..........Sealed Pot challenge 2011 member 1051 - aiming for £365
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Oh, and "traumatised" and "disaster" for upset and an inconvenience.
The "essential" make-up for summer - neither essential nor necessary.
The tendency to make things "extreme" seems to highlight a fear of inadequacy.Sealed Pot challenge 2011 member 1051 - aiming for £365
Frugal living challenge 2011 £4044 or less!
Make £11,000 in 2011 £0/£11,000
Planning a hand-made Christmas 20110
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