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I know this is petty but... it's BOUGHT not BROUGHT!
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QFT
Really, when posting on teh interwebs, typo's, misspellings and rushed grammar are a fact of life. It dosn't bother me as it in't formal or professional writing - it's just a relaxed, informal messageboard.
Chillax people!
It isn't typos, misspellings or rushed grammar that the majority of us (and the original poster) are moaning about - it is people that actually believe that BROUGHT is the correct word to use, rather than bought.0 -
Still... Ultimately it isn't worth getting too wound up about though is it? :www: Progress Report :www:
Offer accepted: £107'000
Deposit: £23'000
Mortgage approved for: £84'000
Exchanged: 2/3/16
:T ... complete on 9/3/16 ... :T0 -
Oh, yes it is if you're a pedant. Which I am.
Has anyone mentioned "off of" yet? Makes my blood boil.
Another one which I'm mystified about rather than anxious and unhappy is "think to". I can't count the number of times I've been asked, by apparently sensible and well-educated people, what I think to something or other. Since when did we stop thinking of or about things?0 -
The one that gets me is the amount of landlords that cannot spell tenent.
What about the number of posters who think that you talk about an "amount" of landlords?...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'.0 -
Blackpool_Saver wrote: »
There are some terrible mistakes in the Blackpool and Fylde College prospectus too, at least there were in last years !!!!!
Of course, that should be "last year's"........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'.0 -
PS just found another mistake in it lol. Am sure it's 'licence' for a car not 'license'. Hmmm.
One of the verb / noun differences.
A licence, to license
An advice, to advise
A practice, to practise...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'.0 -
la_farfallina wrote: »I before E except after C.
Although scientists would be inclined to disagree.
And for words such as, "necessary", "one collar and two studs"....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'.0 -
pinkteapot wrote: »I've seen a friend on Facebook correcting their childrens' spelling by commenting on their statuses. Can't do anything for their street cred. :rotfl:
"Children's"...........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'.0 -
People seem to be seperated now instead of separated.
I never did nothing means you did something. Think about it." The greatest wealth is to live content with little."
Plato0 -
i have to admit i had a wee chuckle when i saw a post where the word can't was spelt carn't numerous times - as well as in the title!
there are also so many who can't spell mortgage either
The mort bit refers, very cheerfully, to death!
It comes from the Norman French for "death pledge", or "dead pledge", and Normal French pinched it from Latin.
The Latin mortuum vadium was also used, by Sir William Blackstone (18th century judge and author of Commentaries on the Laws of England)....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'.0
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