MadchesterCity
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I am a glad youve got there ov your chest
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Words that Bluemooners get mixed up
- Thread starter Big Swifty
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Good to see the past participle correctly used after an auxiliary verb.Anyone can make a spelling mistake (well, anyone except me) or post a typo, but as a fully paid-up pedant I am miffed by the same words constantly being misused on here.
I've just seen a common one today on this forum: "I am bias". How can a person be a bias? He can be biased (adjective), or have a bias (noun).
Another is "bear/bare". I have seen on here "bare in mind" and "it doesn't bare thinking about". What does that mean? "Bare" means naked, or as a verb to show (a dog may bare its teeth).
Then there's "rein/reign". To reign is what the Queen does. Rein means a restriction, or something holding you back. So to give free rein is the proper version of removing restrictions or bonds. Free "reign" is thus meaningless, as it has nothing to do with kingship or queenship.
Please BEAR these in mind.
Or should I get a life?
Elbow beards
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Your, you're
There, their, they're
Where, were, we're, wear
Know, now
There, their, they're
Where, were, we're, wear
Know, now
No, it doesn't piss me off or annoy me. It's a football forum with a large cross section of ages and education with members from all different parts of the world where English might not be a first language. If I can understand what's been written then I'm cool with it.
Que?No, it doesn't piss me off or annoy me. It's a football forum with a large cross section of ages and education with members from all different parts of the world where English might not be a first language. If I can understand what's been written then I'm cool with it.
No one likes a smart arse.Good to see the past participle correctly used after an auxiliary verb.
I immediately thought of bias instead of biased when I read the thread title.No, it doesn't piss me off or annoy me. It's a football forum with a large cross section of ages and education with members from all different parts of the world where English might not be a first language. If I can understand what's been written then I'm cool with it.
But it doesn't really matter. I agree with @Pablo1.
It's so we don't have to type http://worldwideweb.bluemoon.co.uk.Why has www got 9 syllables when its supposedly short for world wide Web which has only 3?