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Grammar slam
- Thread starter Acker79
- Start date
I think we may be seeing some of these popping up on threads from now on.
The Legend that IS Lawro
It's 'canard' Del
Its easy if your smart,but its to easy too criticize people what make mistakes just because your clever.
- Aug 7, 2003
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As I posted last year
The one that interests me is the then/than as I never witnessed people make that grammatical error until about 5 years ago, I now see it everywhere.
The label on a drink I bought the other day (from M&S) it stated 'Less then 5% sugars'
In shortlist magazine this week it states 'You could do worse then going to see this film'
WTF?
The label on a drink I bought the other day (from M&S) it stated 'Less then 5% sugars'
In shortlist magazine this week it states 'You could do worse then going to see this film'
WTF?
Brightonfan1983
Tiny member
Along the same lines...
I've never seen that before, but I think it might melt my brain if I do.
maltaseagull
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Very Blue Tits
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- Jan 2, 2013
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And now say goodbye to the rest of your (or is that you're...!) working day
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JBizzleBeard
Well-known member
I'm seeing people using worse instead of worst an awful lot lately and vice versa.
The Legend that IS Lawro
It's 'canard' Del
Well I was taught not to start a sentence with a conjunction like "and or "but".
dougdeep
New member
...and never end one with a preposition.
Less and less people know the difference between "fewer" and "less". Drives me bonkers.
KZNSeagull
Well-known member
It's about time gratuitous violence and swearing made a comeback in the field of education 
. But they are amusing.
. But they are amusing.
The Large One
Who's Next?
Another one creeping in is the joining of two words to make one which doesn't really exist.
'A lot' seems to be morphing into 'alot', or worse 'allot'. The latter does exist, but not in the form to mean 'an unspecified amount'. I've no idea how or why that is happening.
'A lot' seems to be morphing into 'alot', or worse 'allot'. The latter does exist, but not in the form to mean 'an unspecified amount'. I've no idea how or why that is happening.
The Legend that IS Lawro
It's 'canard' Del
If 'to boldly go is good enough for Captain Kirk then it's good enough for me
spring hall convert
Well-known member
I'm fairly relaxed on grammar these days & a number of mistakes are understandable in a way. However, the one that makes my blood boil is should of, could of, would of. Where did these even come from? It's not even like they actually make any sense or are an abbreviation of something that does.