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    English is Hard

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    Same word differant meaning , Im shure the pronunciation police that hate it will be around to correct it soon.

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    Do you still steal steel

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    Don't loose any sleep over it..

    Of course this is my personal "IRK" right up there with those who use 'Sr.' after a surname. e.g. John Doe Sr. Superfluous at best, like the extra 'o' in LOSE

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    I before e except after c and sometimes.....blah blah blah. Idiots like me have no chance.

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    Not seeing the problem, you know, as a brit!! Oh, wait.........
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    They're standing over there next to their car.

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    Quote Originally Posted by 11pounder View Post
    They're standing over there next to their car.
    Well done, lol.

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    They are here, can't you hear them?!

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    Quote Originally Posted by 11pounder View Post
    They're standing over there next to their car.

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    Grammarly... free app...catches most of my mistakes.

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    Grammarly... free app...catches most of my mistakes.
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    Quote Originally Posted by local16 View Post
    I before e except after c and sometimes.....blah blah blah. Idiots like me have no chance.
    That weird.

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    Wanna be.... Yep, wanna be understood. We can all use some hellllp.

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    If police police police police, who police police police? Police police police police police police.

    James, while John had had "had," had had "had had." "Had had" had had a better effect on their teacher.

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    Quote Originally Posted by LewStulePH.D. View Post
    Don't loose any sleep over it..

    Of course this is my personal "IRK" right up there with those who use 'Sr.' after a surname. e.g. John Doe Sr. Superfluous at best, like the extra 'o' in LOSE
    The extra "O" there is just wrong. There's no debating it, people just don't understand that they're using the wrong word.
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    Quote Originally Posted by DrewFlu33 View Post
    The extra "O" there is just wrong. There's no debating it, people just don't understand that they're using the wrong word.

    I'm eagerly awaiting the triple 'ooo' to represent the opposite of 'tight; taut'..

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    Quote Originally Posted by LewStulePH.D. View Post
    Don't loose any sleep over it..

    Of course this is my personal "IRK" right up there with those who use 'Sr.' after a surname. e.g. John Doe Sr. Superfluous at best, like the extra 'o' in LOSE
    What about Hank Williams Jr? Or Dale Earnhardt Jr?

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