[Misc] Woman/Women

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seagully

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Jun 30, 2006

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Battle

• Nov 30, 2017

• #1

Is it just me who has noticed this annoying phenomenon of people using the plural 'women' to mean the singular 'woman'? Seems to crop up on social media all the time and have noticed it on here a few times. Example sentence from Facebook today: "Happy birthday to my Mum, she has gone through so much and is such an inspirational women"

Surely this isn't difficult. Wo-MAN: singular, Wo-MEN: plural

Am I just being an oversensitive Grammar/spelling pedant?

 

Cowfold Seagull

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Apr 22, 2009

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Cowfold

• Nov 30, 2017

• #2

The demise of the English language. Sad but true.

 

AmexRuislip

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Ruislip

• Nov 30, 2017

• #3

Chaka Khan still gets it right

 

BNthree

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WeHo

• Nov 30, 2017

• #4

Probably due to predictive text or autocorrect.

 

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seagully

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Jun 30, 2006

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• Nov 30, 2017

• Thread starter
• #5

BNthree said:

Probably due to predictive text or autocorrect.

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Hadn't thought of that. Seems to happen too often for it to be that though I reckon

 

studio150

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On the Border

• Nov 30, 2017

• #6

Predictive text an idiots best friend

 

happypig

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Eastbourne

• Nov 30, 2017

• #7

"Facebook"

 

Mackenzie

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Nov 7, 2003

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• Nov 30, 2017

• #8

I love women. Hate Germans though.....

 

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Cheeky Monkey

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• Nov 30, 2017

• #9

Cowfold Seagull said:

The demise of the English language. Sad but true.

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Yep and in the above example 'mum' is capitalised, which you'd only do if 'Mum' started the sentence. Bloody thickos.

 

Notters

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Oct 20, 2003

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• Nov 30, 2017

• #10

Mackenzie said:

I love women. Hate Germans though.....

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Cheeky Monkey said:

Yep and in the above example 'mum' is capitalised, which you'd only do if 'Mum' started the sentence. Bloody thickos.

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Or if you removed "my".

 

GT49er

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Feb 1, 2009

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• Nov 30, 2017

• #11

Cheeky Monkey said:

Yep and in the above example 'mum' is capitalised, which you'd only do if 'Mum' started the sentence. Bloody thickos.

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You should also capitalise it if addressing your mother - "Dear Mum", for instance, not "Dear mum" - and should also be capitalised if used in the first person, as in "Love from Mum".

 

Surf's Up

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Here

• Nov 30, 2017

• #12

Haven'y noticed this myself, and swirly the correct spelling is wimmin

 

Surf's Up

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• Nov 30, 2017

• #13

****ing predictive text:

Haven't noticed this myself, and shirley the correct spelling is wimmin

 

McTavish

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• Nov 30, 2017

• #14

studio150 said:

Predictive text an idiots best friend

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idiot's

 

Goldstone1976

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• Nov 30, 2017

• #15

studio150 said:

Predictive text an idiots best friend

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Indeed. I've heard it can also play havoc with one's punctuation.

 

Buzzer

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Oct 1, 2006

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• Nov 30, 2017

• #16

studio150 said:

Predictive text an idiots best friend

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Funnily enough, the chap who invented predictive text died yesterday. His funfair will be hello on Sundial.

 

Denis

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• Nov 30, 2017

• #17

My pet hate is people writing shirley instead of surely!

 

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Drebin

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• Nov 30, 2017

• #18

Denis said:

My pet hate is people writing shirley instead of surely!

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No idea where that ever came from.

 

Lower West Stander

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Mar 25, 2012

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• Nov 30, 2017

• #19

Denis said:

My pet hate is people writing shirley instead of surely!

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Surely you can’t be serious?


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DataPoint

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Mar 31, 2015

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• Nov 30, 2017

• #20

Denis said:

My pet hate is people writing shirley instead of surely!

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Mine is - not leaving a space after a punctuation mark.