Oh, jeez. I read that as homophobes.Originally Posted by Eden
It makes complete sense as a standalone statement but in this thread I had a "where the heck did that come from" reaction.
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01-07-2010, 06:09 PM #1
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01-07-2010, 08:46 PM #2
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Ok so now we do the "change one letter to change the entire sentence" game. Originally Posted by SadieKate
But it makes sense. With enemies like that who needs friends?
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01-08-2010, 10:21 AM #3
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and now because I live and work in Spanish, where you spell things exactly how they sound, I have transferred that ability to English, which drives my mother crazy in emails "were i right whatever letters/words first come to mind an then use the wrong their/there/they're all over the place".
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01-08-2010, 10:34 AM #4
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Homophones were the bane of my existence when I was teaching English. Some kids never learned the differences/usages no matter what hands-on activities I tried. And judging from communication with other adults, a lot of people don't know correct usage for things like there/their/they're.
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01-14-2010, 02:00 PM #5
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There there, dear. I'm sure they're all doing their best for you over there.
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01-21-2010, 08:38 AM #6
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How about discreet/discrete?
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01-21-2010, 12:19 PM #7
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01-21-2010, 01:49 PM #8
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Oh, I hate this one. Whenever I see "we guarantee to be discrete" or something of the kind, I want to add "what? one little step at a time??" Originally Posted by nc tam
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01-26-2010, 02:52 PM #9
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how about "should of" instead of "should've" -- aaarghhh
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