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Old 03-21-2024, 04:31 PM   #13796
timun
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Originally Posted by taxbuster View Post
On the language gear-grinder: the trend to drop "-ed" on past participles.



eg: I am bias on x subject.


And yes. i happens on CP.


Won't even go to the your/you're/its/it's etc ones. Hopeless educational system. And no doubt that has been discuss to misery (see what I did there? Ugh.)
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Originally Posted by btimbit View Post
"on accident" instead of "by accident" is the one that drives me up the wall lately
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Originally Posted by Engine09 View Post
Here's one that might not be so common, could be an American thing.

When you're "itchy" you tend to "scratch" that itch, correct? I've heard people say they couldn't reach to "itch" their back or I used my left hand to "itch" my leg. Dummies are flat out using the wrong word.
Yeesssssssssss, all this stuff RGMG.


Here's another one: "I could care less". Oh? How much less could you care?
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