Bought or Brought?
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Poor use of English on most forums seems to be the norm now so, for the most part, I just sigh and lament the days when getting an education actually meant something. However, on a car focussed forum like Pistonheads, I'm still surprised at how many people don't seem to know the difference between brake and break.
Vipers said:
What really irritates me is when our daughter is explaining a conversation she had with a friend, instead of saying "She said.........", she says "and she goes .......", "and I go........"
It's not half as irritating as " I was like......" , " and she was like... " when used in the same context 
sparkythecat said:
Vipers said:
What really irritates me is when our daughter is explaining a conversation she had with a friend, instead of saying "She said.........", she says "and she goes .......", "and I go........"
It's not half as irritating as " I was like......" , " and she was like... " when used in the same context 
goneape said:
anonymous said:
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+1I had planned to post this but you've beaten me to it. I've noticed it creeping in to the news media too, especially the BBC. Young hacks I can understand, but you would think the editors would know better and uphold certain standards. Well, I would at any rate.
- pronouncing "wonder" like "wander" and the following confusion when you thought they were thinking about something when they were actually going for a stroll (or vice versa)
- sickth - no, there's an X in it. It's pronounced sicksth.
Floor and ground grates on me. To me, floor is something in a building or other indoor area, the exception being a valley floor. If outside, it's ground. The mix up appears very often on police camera action type programs where the officer will tell the suspect to "get on the floor" when in the middle of the road. I have never thought of the road as being a floor. The same applies when in a field, you would never sit down and say "this floor is wet".
Anyone else get annoyed by others mixing floor and ground?
Anyone else get annoyed by others mixing floor and ground?
anonymous said:
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Well, yes : http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/engli...But that's the point - use of an incorrect, different or unexpected word changes the meaning completely.
P.S.
http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/engli...
http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/engli...
bigunit00 said:
How people get this mixed up is beyond me. It literally is basic english. It instantly calls into question your level of education / intelligence. Not only should you be corrected but you should want to be corrected so you don't continue walking around sounding like an uneducated retard lol
Basically this. My mother-in-law says it and it makes me want to punch her in the face. 
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