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Common Errors in (American)English
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78 Good List! How about "the reason I married her is <b>because</b&HighTech-6/10/1999
77 <i>Well I refuse to loose this one.</i> I guess that means youThe Philosopher-6/10/1999
76 Of course we all know how the term <i>gay</i> has evolved... What Elmer Flugum-6/10/1999
75 Not intentionally, but.... Lots of English (American style) errors to go arounElmer Flugum-6/10/1999
74 Me either... [wink] Elmer Flugum-6/10/1999
73 Not unless you promise to come back where you belong, traitor... jbe Edit: P.jbe-6/10/1999
72 Okay. Now help me get this hook out of my gill plate ... lol Jacques Chitte-6/10/1999
71 I will admit that when I'm in relaxed company one of my favorite AmericanisJacques Chitte-6/10/1999
70 My idea of a joke, Lather...<g> jbe-6/10/1999
69 Proprietress!! Jacques Chitte-6/10/1999
68 Well I refuse to loose this one. WINCE 69 GrubJacques Chitte-6/10/1999
67 There is a physical law known as Conservation of Consonants. For every BostoniaJacques Chitte-6/10/1999
66 And "access" as a verb...but I am afraid we've lost this battle aScott Wheeler-6/10/1999
65 Oh thank you for anticipating my Big Gripe. The only time I can countenance &quJacques Chitte-6/10/1999
64 My pet grammatical peeves: "Loose" for "lose". Don't lScott Wheeler-6/10/1999
63 "Top us off often" Translation, keep my glass filled a la East Londocgraham-6/10/1999
62 An apostrophe can also signify omitted letters. So ad's is technically corrbroken_cookie-6/10/1999
61 "How" "about" "signs" "that" "put&mc-6/10/1999
60 <i>I didn't know Americans spoke English</i> We don't. WThe Philosopher-6/10/1999
59 It also has the meaning precise. That's a nice distinction. The Philosopher-6/10/1999
58 Whats your problem with misuse of apostrophe's? Not sure what point's Alan Smithee-6/10/1999
57 <i>I didn't know Americans spoke English. Hmmm I guess we do learn soX Y Zebra-6/10/1999
56 I didn't know Americans spoke English. Hmmm I guess we do learn something Killick-6/10/1999
55 It seems to be spreading all over the world... quickly. #reply-10058238 #repX Y Zebra-6/10/1999
54 The single mistake I hate the most is using possessive apostrophe's when thDon Pueblo-6/10/1999
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