Collingburnian
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Diffuse instead of defuse
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Getting the words mixed up
- Thread starter GOM
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Hillian1
( . ) ( . )
Brought and Bought.
Effect and Affect.
These two always seem to trip me up, and quite frankly I couldn't give a shit.
Effect and Affect.
These two always seem to trip me up, and quite frankly I couldn't give a shit.
Tom Hark Preston Park
Will Post For Cash
- Jul 6, 2003
- 70,246
You REALLY need to stop looking for escape goats.
Seagull58
In the Algarve
would of of instead of would have or would've really annoys me too. My old man used to write to the BBC to correct their grammatical mistakes and I guess I've inherited some of his personality.
Seagull58
In the Algarve
Ha ha.
DavidRyder
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- Jul 23, 2013
- 2,888
'Singing' instead of 'Signing' on a few threads
AmexRuislip
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Enjoy
StanmoreSeagull
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'Of' instead of 'have'
'Was' instead of 'were'
'Generally' instead of 'genuinely'
'Was' instead of 'were'
'Generally' instead of 'genuinely'
dejavuatbtn
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Postman Pat
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Dull as dishwater and not ditchwater.
brakespear
Doctor Worm
Cosmic Joker
The Motorik
"Shoe in" when people mean "shoo in"
"here here" for "hear hear"
"free reign" for "free rein"
"dam" when they mean "damn" / "dammed" for "damned"
"opps!" for "oops!"
I have even seen at least twice "kerching" for "Kerr-ching!"
OK, so the last two are just misspellings rather than substitute words, although I always read "opps" like "ops", meaning "operations"
And then there is pedal stool:
"here here" for "hear hear"
"free reign" for "free rein"
"dam" when they mean "damn" / "dammed" for "damned"
"opps!" for "oops!"
I have even seen at least twice "kerching" for "Kerr-ching!"
OK, so the last two are just misspellings rather than substitute words, although I always read "opps" like "ops", meaning "operations"
And then there is pedal stool:
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Murray 17
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- Jul 6, 2003
- 2,159
Steel liking you're wounds are you?
Billy the Fish
Technocrat
His and he's.
How the f**k did that become a thing!
How the f**k did that become a thing!
AmexRuislip
Trainee Spy 🕵️♂️
People voting OUT when they meant IN.
People voting IN when they meant OUT.
People who couldn't (could not) care less (careless)
People voting IN when they meant OUT.
People who couldn't (could not) care less (careless)
