Common Errors in English

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06 May 2007, 8:02 pm

or more specifically in American English (although sometimes I like to use theatre, rather then theater, ect...but that is just a personal quirk)

Anyway I thought this was an interesting link and would share it.

Here...it is. (link)

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06 May 2007, 8:04 pm

jimservo wrote:

or more specifically in American English (although sometimes I like to use theatre, rather then theater, ect...but that is just a personal quirk)

Anyway I thought this was an interesting link and would share it.

Here...it is. (link)

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06 May 2007, 8:06 pm

I love your sig btw - if you die can I steal it?

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06 May 2007, 8:07 pm

Goodness gracious, that's a lot of errors...

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06 May 2007, 8:12 pm

"You have an accent." Yes and so do you.

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06 May 2007, 8:16 pm

alexbeetle wrote:

I love your sig btw - if you die can I steal it?

It's a classic line from the classic B-movie Robot Monster.

(I know that doesn't answer your question, but I thought I'd toss that in.)

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06 May 2007, 8:46 pm

Xenon wrote:

alexbeetle wrote:

I love your sig btw - if you die can I steal it?

It's a classic line from the classic B-movie Robot Monster.

(I know that doesn't answer your question, but I thought I'd toss that in.)

I know I looked it up a while back
I was going to use one of the other quotes but then I would just be a poor imitation ...

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06 May 2007, 8:53 pm

alexbeetle wrote:

I love your sig btw - if you die can I steal it?

Go ahead. I change it every once an awhile anyway.

Nice picking out my goofy grammar there.

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06 May 2007, 11:19 pm

i think the most common error is with semi-colon usage but then again, i was taught a very strict interpretation of grammar in high school so i tend to be very proper when i write formally.

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07 May 2007, 12:32 am

Useful link :) ...though I'm sure i'll make errors even after that :D Probably because i don't care XD I can't even see them lol. And i'm keep getting Fs from english because of grammar errors o_O (wtffff...? :()

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07 May 2007, 1:49 am

The most-often used error, which drives me nuts, is when people try to use appostrophes for pluralization.

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07 May 2007, 2:45 am

Or with anything that ends with "s".

Hi! My name is Charle's.

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07 May 2007, 10:37 am

Ah, Ro-Man! We quote him periodically. We're MSTies here too.

Hi. Keeba.

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07 May 2007, 12:11 pm

While I'm here, may I recommend the collection put together by Richard Lederer, beginning with Anguished English. Good anytime you need a laugh.