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rob, Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
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AAAAARGHHHHH.I really don't like that one. It is my mother's pet hate and I can hear 'different FROM, dear' in her Joyce Grenfell tones whenever I hear or read it. It is better than 'different than', though.
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Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 26 Apr 2011, 17:29,
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i loathe "i was sat" or "i was stood" because of my mother's aversion to it."WHO sat you there?" she'd say to each child in her class who committed the heinous crime.
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rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 26 Apr 2011, 17:31,
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