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| 7 May 12 | "Please bare with me" ! (1) by wonderer | (10 May 12, 12:32 PM by Belasarius) |
| Spotted on a Mistress's "wall" posting. I won't embarrass her by posting a link, and I think it might be discourteous of others to do so. [more...] | ||
| 12 Apr 12 | Wasn't and weren't (1) | (12 Apr 12, 2:45 PM by I_think_you_mean) |
| This is in response to this request. [more...] | ||
| 30 Mar 12 | Begs the question | (30 Mar 12, 2:37 PM by I_think_you_mean) |
| Thanks to @Prior and relating to this: [more...] | ||
| 24 Feb 12 | advice / advise by custardpowder | (24 Feb 12, 12:47 PM by custardpowder) |
| advice and advise... a commonly occurring typo, and yes one that is used by me on occasion. [more...] | ||
| 23 Nov 10 | Acceptance and exceptance | (23 Nov 10, 2:42 PM by I_think_you_mean) |
| Just because it's appeared on IC a number of times in recent days. [more...] | ||
| 19 Jul 10 | Just semantics; mere semantics? | (19 Jul 10, 2:58 PM by I_think_you_mean) |
| Semantics is the study of meaning in language. In this writer's opinion, that means it is rarely unimportant: [more...] | ||
| 29 Jun 10 | Simple or simplistic? (2) | (23 May 12, 5:33 PM by I_think_you_mean) |
| Is simplistic the same as "simple"? [more...] | ||
| 26 Jun 10 | Lose & Loose (3) by AmberStClare | (9 May 12, 5:51 PM by I_think_you_mean) |
| The adjective loose means "not tight." The verb lose means "not to win" or "not to keep." [more...] | ||
| 26 Jun 10 | 'I' and 'me' | (26 Jun 10, 5:09 PM by I_think_you_mean) |
| The king and I went to the library. [more...] | ||
| 25 Jun 10 | Hectoring | (25 Jun 10, 5:26 PM by I_think_you_mean) |
| Hector [more...] | ||
| 25 Jun 10 | You're and your (2) by FairyGirl | (25 Jun 10, 6:02 PM by FairyGirl) |
| You're = An abbreviation of the two words "you" and "are", thus forming "you're". For example: [more...] | ||
| 25 Jun 10 | Oxford Spelling - ize or ise? (1) | (24 Feb 12, 2:12 PM by custardpowder) |
| The use of Ise or Ize as suffixes in written English appears debatable. [more...] | ||
| 25 Jun 10 | Principal and principle | (25 Jun 10, 1:20 PM by I_think_you_mean) |
| principle [more...] | ||
| 25 Jun 10 | Best practice (3) | (25 Jun 10, 1:37 PM by I_think_you_mean) |
| Dear I_think_you_mean members. [more...] | ||
| 25 Jun 10 | Discrete Vs Discreet | (25 Jun 10, 11:56 AM by I_think_you_mean) |
| A very common error: [more...] | ||
