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Common Errors in (American)English

An SI Board Since June 1999

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153	I really get annoyed whenever I hear someone say 'motor', when they m	SteveJerseyShore	-	6/11/1999
152	If you appreciated that post, you belong on the SI Grammar and Spelling Lab (s	The Philosopher	-	6/11/1999
151	I am very impressed! Yes, you are quite correct, that I am fighting a losing b	Carolyn	-	6/11/1999
150	And bestest?	Carolyn	-	6/11/1999
149	You're fighting a losing battle. Yes, Strunk and White reject different	The Philosopher	-	6/11/1999
148	How about better and mo better? GZ	GROUND ZERO™	-	6/11/1999
147	>"Impact" as a verb [aughhhhhhhhhh....!!]< I have yet to meet	ig	-	6/11/1999
146	O.T. jb3, Lookie here, I posted one of those "nasty" letters to the	X Y Zebra	-	6/10/1999
145	To me, "her hairstyle is different from what it was last year" will	Carolyn	-	6/10/1999
144	<i>On a re-read I see that this post is uncharitable and unfair on my beh	The Philosopher	-	6/10/1999
143	<i>Different FROM is correct. Different THAN is not.</i> Well, no	The Philosopher	-	6/10/1999
142	Advertising slogans aren't English. Attacking them is too easy -- like pl	The Philosopher	-	6/10/1999
141	Hey...dats pretty good,goomba It's like...fugeddaboudit, ya know? Capice,	SteveJerseyShore	-	6/10/1999
140	>>I am throwing in this post from Yahoo, as chum for the thread feeding f	X Y Zebra	-	6/10/1999
139	Although written with tongue planted firmly in cheek, I am throwing in this pos	Feathered Propeller	-	6/10/1999
138	<i>But the ad reads "Think different". Your verdict is ....<	Kayaker	-	6/10/1999
137	Never thought of that before... Things that make you go... hmmmm Come to thi	SteveJerseyShore	-	6/10/1999
136	I know. GZ	GROUND ZERO™	-	6/10/1999
135	Bad English is to be blamed on TV/Radio, rather than schooling. Only Barbara W	w molloy	-	6/10/1999
134	How can the midwest be Nebraska when one lives on the west coast? Shouldn'	Elmer Flugum	-	6/10/1999
133	Okay folks. On a re-read I see that this post is uncharitable and unfair on my	Jacques Chitte	-	6/10/1999
132	I'll never forget all the different people "out west" would tell	SteveJerseyShore	-	6/10/1999
131	But the ad reads "Think different". Your verdict is ....	Scrumpy	-	6/10/1999
130	I don't know if this has been posted previously: Different FROM is correct	Carolyn	-	6/10/1999
129	"Think. Different." or is it really "Think Different" as Ap	Scrumpy	-	6/10/1999

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