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Are you a QOTWer? Do you want to start a thread that isn't a direct answer to the current QOTW? Then this place, gentle poster, is your friend.
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rob, Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
Nice to see you have finally adopted this's spelling.
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tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 25 Apr 2012, 12:14,
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14 years ago)
urrrrgh
people who don't get apostrophes really annoy me. it's soooooo simple.
abbreviation or possessive? it gets an apostrophe. plural? it doesn't. the only two exceptions you need in every day life are "its" and "it's" and "who's" and "whose". THAT'S IT! THAT REALLY IS IT! THAT'S THE GOLDEN RULE YOU MORON.
when i am queen, i will burn every shop selling "fish and chip's".
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rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 25 Apr 2012, 12:22,
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Chip's what?
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Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 25 Apr 2012, 12:24,
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Can you also destroy all people who mix up "was" and "were" in speech?
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tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 25 Apr 2012, 12:25,
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First up against the wall
"were not were"
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the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 25 Apr 2012, 12:26,
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don't "shake your head" at that
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rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 25 Apr 2012, 12:32,
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As well as "have" and "of".
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Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Wed 25 Apr 2012, 12:28,
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oh god
"well, i was sat over there"...
shudder.
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rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 25 Apr 2012, 12:30,
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isn't the fundamental problem there "sat" not "sitting" ?
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the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 25 Apr 2012, 12:32,
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either "i sat" or "i was sitting" would be fine
"i was sat" implies someone picked you up and forcibly parked your arse.
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rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 25 Apr 2012, 12:43,
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and no
the fundamental problem is, if you say that, you are a colossal fuckwit
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rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 25 Apr 2012, 12:43,
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I was not disputing that for a second, my dear.
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the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 25 Apr 2012, 12:47,
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