Things People Say or Write That Annoy You

grindy · 03-22-2018, 01:13 AM

Every single one of my colleagues pronounces 'bearing' like 'beering'.
I bet they also think a woman beers children.
Germans...

OccultHawk · 03-22-2018, 05:22 AM

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Originally Posted by grindy

Every single one of my colleagues pronounces 'bearing' like 'beering'.
I bet they also think a woman beers children.
Germans...

You sure are persnickety about English for an Adolf.

Lisnaholic · 03-22-2018, 06:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Lucem Ferre

I wonder if I should of added some thing in this thread've yours.

* your's . It's possessive

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Originally Posted by OccultHawk

I used to think the knell in death knell came from the nail in the coffin not the death knell bell.

^ That's an interesting confusion.

In Britain people used to send money by post, for which they would buy a special Post Office voucher, which the recipient could then redeem in another Post Office; it was safer than sending cash. As a kid I thought it was a Post Lorder, until one day I saw it written down: Postal Order.

The Batlord · 03-22-2018, 10:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Lisnaholic

* your's . It's possessive

"Yours" is a pronoun and so does not require an apostrophe. "Yours" is considered a possessive pronoun already, same as "its".

Twit.

grindy · 03-22-2018, 08:39 AM

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Originally Posted by OccultHawk

You sure are persnickety about English for an Adolf.

I'm even more persnickety in German and Russian.
And thanks for teaching me a new word. It's a keeper.

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