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Kill it with Fire. Cannoli Send a noteboard - 06/04/2017 05:19:08 PM

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As in "He borrowed me ten dollars."

Drives me up the wall.


There is no excuse.

Cannoli
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Please share the grammatical and/or orthographic errors that most irritate you. Tom - 06/04/2017 12:20:27 AM 774 Views
Come on, man. Verbing weirds language. Ghavrel - 06/04/2017 01:21:17 AM 499 Views
The Oxford comma is an abomination. The other is called a greengrocer's apostrophe. Tom - 06/04/2017 08:00:57 PM 471 Views
Tell that to the First Circuit. *NM* Ghavrel - 07/04/2017 05:42:01 AM 251 Views
No, I'll let the Supreme Court smack their asses for it. Tom - 08/04/2017 01:28:11 AM 395 Views
I'm pretty carefree about language unless it becomes difficult to understand aerocontrols - 06/04/2017 01:42:29 AM 504 Views
Creative vocabulary can be funderfully great Tom - 06/04/2017 08:14:23 PM 432 Views
Bruh Larry - 06/04/2017 01:46:45 AM 501 Views
Does anyone really address cousins or siblings by the relationship term? I hate that on TV & films Cannoli - 06/04/2017 05:21:25 PM 523 Views
Not really Larry - 09/04/2017 07:28:27 PM 822 Views
Then you have throw in be like *NM* random thoughts - 06/04/2017 06:29:25 PM 249 Views
I don't believe I've ever heard either. Tom - 06/04/2017 08:14:49 PM 437 Views
You're lucky Larry - 09/04/2017 07:26:39 PM 874 Views
Let's party damookster - 06/04/2017 02:02:19 AM 490 Views
That last one is a stylistic/usage error. Tom - 06/04/2017 08:03:26 PM 461 Views
I've never understood how it's an 'error' at all. Legolas - 09/04/2017 07:10:14 PM 508 Views
Sports commentators here do it all the time damookster - 09/04/2017 08:03:05 PM 453 Views
I can see how that would be annoying - just not how it's a grammar/vocabulary error... *NM* Legolas - 09/04/2017 08:11:18 PM 250 Views
which is why I preceded my original comment by stating it was not part of Tom's question *NM* damookster - 09/04/2017 08:14:25 PM 301 Views
Fair enough. Legolas - 09/04/2017 08:21:50 PM 475 Views
There, their, they're. *NM* TyrReborn - 06/04/2017 03:28:16 AM 269 Views
Ugh *NM* Tom - 06/04/2017 08:16:48 PM 260 Views
I Tom all over the place when I see fewer/less botched. nossy - 06/04/2017 08:51:13 AM 453 Views
And further/farther Cannoli - 06/04/2017 03:03:49 PM 505 Views
I only mastered that recently. nossy - 06/04/2017 04:44:35 PM 506 Views
My husband too. Sareitha Sedai - 06/04/2017 08:10:46 PM 504 Views
You know, I take that violation of my third example as a compliment. Tom - 06/04/2017 08:16:33 PM 409 Views
Saying "borrowed" instead of "lent" Belals Girl - 06/04/2017 04:13:21 PM 478 Views
Yikes, who says that?! nossy - 06/04/2017 04:47:31 PM 411 Views
Kill it with Fire. Cannoli - 06/04/2017 05:19:08 PM 484 Views
who the hell says that? random thoughts - 06/04/2017 06:31:17 PM 429 Views
Never heard that. Tom - 06/04/2017 08:17:40 PM 435 Views
I think it might be a Midwestern thing ßelals Girl - 06/04/2017 11:53:27 PM 451 Views
I lived for most of my early years in the Midwest and never heard that Tom - 08/04/2017 01:25:25 AM 435 Views
In the crick. *NM* nossy - 08/04/2017 03:48:09 PM 254 Views
Oh I've heard that Tom - 08/04/2017 11:09:16 PM 434 Views
Interesting. I always thought only non-native speakers made that mistake. *NM* Legolas - 09/04/2017 07:03:19 PM 278 Views
I am annoyed by people who get upset with outdated rules and expect the rest of us to care random thoughts - 06/04/2017 06:28:33 PM 483 Views
You keep doing that, sparky *NM* Tom - 06/04/2017 08:18:23 PM 248 Views
No worries Tommy *NM* random thoughts - 07/04/2017 07:29:53 PM 258 Views
Many rules are there for the sake of clarity. The Shrike - 06/04/2017 08:28:16 PM 485 Views
between you and me there is no lack of clarity random thoughts - 07/04/2017 07:35:09 PM 448 Views
I'm literally gobsmacked aerocontrols - 06/04/2017 06:31:10 PM 429 Views
It did. I mentioned it. *NM* damookster - 06/04/2017 07:02:33 PM 261 Views
shame on me! aerocontrols - 06/04/2017 07:03:55 PM 432 Views
I've never liked that word. It sounds like someone savoring come from a blowjob. *NM* Tom - 06/04/2017 08:19:14 PM 243 Views
Re: I'm literally gobsmacked ßelals Girl - 06/04/2017 11:58:08 PM 475 Views
Your first one is my top pick also. Sareitha Sedai - 06/04/2017 08:01:00 PM 448 Views
The subjunctive is tricky at times. *NM* Tom - 06/04/2017 08:36:33 PM 272 Views
Using the word 'of' instead of 'have' is my biggest one these days. The Shrike - 06/04/2017 08:22:44 PM 606 Views
Yeah. Sareitha Sedai - 06/04/2017 08:27:47 PM 449 Views
Now my non-edited post lives again. The Shrike - 06/04/2017 08:31:26 PM 383 Views
Well Sareitha Sedai - 06/04/2017 08:39:57 PM 436 Views
That's an awesome movie. Tom - 06/04/2017 08:49:11 PM 448 Views
I do like it a lot. The Shrike - 07/04/2017 07:06:49 PM 466 Views
One of my faves. nossy - 07/04/2017 10:57:53 PM 436 Views
Irregardless *NM* Jeordam - 06/04/2017 09:18:32 PM 299 Views
A few Aviendha - 07/04/2017 01:26:38 AM 467 Views
funny thing about being a noob *NM* random thoughts - 07/04/2017 07:27:26 PM 238 Views
Is that you keep making the same stupid mistakes years later *NM* random thoughts - 07/04/2017 07:28:01 PM 246 Views
In the latin alphabet jehovah begins with an i Roland00 - 09/04/2017 06:42:02 AM 450 Views
Your number one is my number one. Rebekah - 09/04/2017 10:52:23 PM 716 Views
I rarely see sentences with however joined with a semicolon, come to think of it. Larry - 09/04/2017 11:38:10 PM 884 Views
It is not an error inasmuch as a stylistic choice Stephen - 13/04/2017 05:44:39 PM 503 Views
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