heels dear, HEELS../personal hatred of that word mispelt.
toxie,
Fri 11 Feb 2005, 0:40,
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My pet hate [spelling-wise]is the misuse of "loose" and "lose".
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benryves Now I'm radioactive! That can't be good!,
Fri 11 Feb 2005, 0:43,
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apostrophes in simple plurals make me want to stab people
Rapitinui get in the cage and I'll give you a treat,
Fri 11 Feb 2005, 0:44,
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its only the word 'heels' written as 'heals' that gets me..i can happily ignore the rest, god knows i make enough mistakes :P
( toxie,
Fri 11 Feb 2005, 0:48,
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i hatewhen people write till instead of 'til !
it makes my blood curdle !
(it makes my blood curdle !
Aphex The Mink Snackless,
Fri 11 Feb 2005, 0:48,
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actually if you'd read up on the etymology of the words:"Till and until are generally interchangeable in both writing and speech, though as the first word in a sentence until is usually preferred: Until you get that paper written, don't even think about going to the movies. ·Till is actually the older word, with until having been formed by the addition to it of the prefix un-, meaning “up to.” In the 18th century the spelling 'till became fashionable, as if till were a shortened form of until. Although 'till is now nonstandard, 'til is sometimes used in this way and is considered acceptable, though it is etymologically incorrect."
sometimes i study etymology when i'm bored.
(,
Fri 11 Feb 2005, 0:53,
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sometimes i study etymology when i'm bored.
curiouslyI was looking up the same thing just the other week.
( Rapitinui get in the cage and I'll give you a treat,
Fri 11 Feb 2005, 1:00,
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the history and evolution of languageis fascinating and well worth studying.
( Shiksa,
Fri 11 Feb 2005, 1:00,
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My mum told me of a book she readthat used "kerb", when it should have used "curb"
(or possible the other way round... the point is the spellchecker obviously recognised it as a legitimate word & left it there)
((or possible the other way round... the point is the spellchecker obviously recognised it as a legitimate word & left it there)
Duncan Disorderly,
Fri 11 Feb 2005, 1:53,
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