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My pet peeve is when use insure and ensure interchangeably, though they are quite similar.
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^And when leave a word out of a sentence! ;)
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Soundy wrote:^And when leave a word out of a sentence! ;)
That really was purrfect wasn't it?
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Robbie wrote:One common error that I often notice is with regards to could care less vs. couldn't care less when expressing the thought that one does not really care about something. Those two terms seem to be used interchangeably nowadays even though one term actually negates the other and only the latter term is the correct one.
That's one I've never been able to understand. I thought I was the only one who noticed.
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For me it is then and than. Drives me crazy.
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Or Canadians that use a US dictionary spell check and we end up with favor instead of favour, color instead of colour etc.

OK, I know that is spelling and not grammar, but it still bugs me!
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I try to spell p e r f e c t and it comes out as purrfect on here :bang: .... :wink:
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lion24 wrote:I try to spell p e r f e c t and it comes out as purrfect on here :bang: .... :wink:
You're doing it wrong, otherwise it would come out purrfect. 8)
Sports can be a peculiar thing. When partaking in fiction, like a book or movie, we adopt a "Willing Suspension of Disbelief" for enjoyment's sake. There's a similar force at work in sports: "Willing Suspension of Rationality". If you doubt this, listen to any conversation between rival team fans. You even see it among fans of the same team. Fans argue over who's the better QB or goalie, and selectively cite stats that support their views while ignoring those that don't.
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sj-roc wrote:
lion24 wrote:I try to spell p e r f e c t and it comes out as purrfect on here :bang: .... :wink:
You're doing it wrong, otherwise it would come out purrfect. 8)
Don't play with my fragile mind :bang: :bawl: :bang: :sigh:
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its ok a few years ago D changed it to read purrfect instead of p e r f e c t
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Robbie wrote:How about it's vs. its?
http://www.lionbackers.com/cheer/viewtopic.php?t=13643
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A site that attempts to clear up all the frequently confused words.

http://www.drgrammar.org/faqs/
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With the Cleveland Indians now in the ALCS, there's some terminology differences that I noticed between Canada and USA with regards to ethnicities.

In Canada, people from India are usually referred to as East Indians, or the more politically correct Indo-Canadians. But in America, I noticed that people from India are simply called Indians. There is no specific term to distinguish people from India from the Native American Indians. It seems like in America, if you use the term Indian, people will likely think that you are referring to someone from India. If you are referring to an American Indian, the politically correct term to use would be Native American or American Aborigine.

But of course, we all know that the nickname of Cleveland's baseball team refers to Native Americans and not people from India, even though it's now a politically incorrect term for the former group.

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