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Someone that's driving me mad......

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  • ruggedtoast
    ruggedtoast Posts: 9,819 Forumite
    'Pronounciation' gets me.
  • treliac
    treliac Posts: 4,524 Forumite
    nearlynew wrote: »
    With inflation running so higher I can't afford to by as many stuff at the supermarket so I always use the "5 items or less till".


    And if we're being picky nn.... it's buy.... !!
  • treliac
    treliac Posts: 4,524 Forumite
    OMG, who's 'neverdespairguy'? This is reminiscent of Mr B's tactics.... :)
  • phil_b_2
    phil_b_2 Posts: 995 Forumite
    Sod the less/fewer thing, the bought/brought mix-up plagues the internet on every forum I've been to and is worse!
  • vivatifosi
    vivatifosi Posts: 18,746 Forumite
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    phil_b wrote: »
    Sod the less/fewer thing, the bought/brought mix-up plagues the internet on every forum I've been to and is worse!

    I do wonder whether spell/grammar checkers are subliminally invading our lives. I used to be pretty good at spelling and grammar, but recently found myself typing 'I one a competition':eek:. It had taken that long to realise how little I wrote and how much I typed and that my spelling had suffered accordingly. Thankfully I don't drop clangers that big too often.
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  • neverdespairgirl
    neverdespairgirl Posts: 16,501 Forumite
    vivatifosi wrote: »
    I do wonder whether spell/grammar checkers are subliminally invading our lives. I used to be pretty good at spelling and grammar, but recently found myself typing 'I one a competition':eek:. It had taken that long to realise how little I wrote and how much I typed and that my spelling had suffered accordingly. Thankfully I don't drop clangers that big too often.

    I have a spill chicken on my pea sea
    ...much enquiry having been made concerning a gentleman, who had quitted a company where Johnson was, and no information being obtained; at last Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney'.
  • neverdespairgirl
    neverdespairgirl Posts: 16,501 Forumite
    treliac wrote: »
    OMG, who's 'neverdespairguy'? This is reminiscent of Mr B's tactics.... :)

    It's not me, that's for certain.
    ...much enquiry having been made concerning a gentleman, who had quitted a company where Johnson was, and no information being obtained; at last Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney'.
  • marklv
    marklv Posts: 1,768 Forumite
    neverdespairgirl wrote: »
    I've read it about 20 times today (and 20 times a day for the last week or so)...

    "less people buying houses...."

    It's FEWER.


    Less sugar. Less rice. Less bread. Fewer people. Fewer bags of sugar. Fewer dogs!

    If only this drives you mad then you must have a very easy life!!
  • GracieP
    GracieP Posts: 1,263 Forumite
    neverdespairgirl wrote: »
    You don't say one rice, three rices, do you? So it's less.

    Grains of rice would be fewer - because you can have one grain of rice, or 10,000 grains of rice.

    Um, where do we stand on sheep?:think:
  • neverdespairgirl
    neverdespairgirl Posts: 16,501 Forumite
    Don't stand on them. They don't like it. And you'll have fewer sheep if you start squashing them.
    ...much enquiry having been made concerning a gentleman, who had quitted a company where Johnson was, and no information being obtained; at last Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney'.
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