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Bob Loudon (25)
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Beer Baron

Phil Hardcastle (33)
Loose or loosing in place of lose or losing has to be more common than not now. I really fight myself not to reply to a well thought post with a grammar correction.

I just don’t get it - how do people think lose is pronounced?
 

Lindommer

Steve Williams (59)
Staff member
"discrete" and "discreet" are starting to be buggered up more often than used correctly lately. Some more: "alternate" for "alternative", and "compliment" instead of "complement".

If users are ever unsure which one is correct, look up a dictionary. ;)
 

Beer Baron

Phil Hardcastle (33)
At least discrete/discreet sound the same.

Yes - i think the yanks are to be blamed for the gross over-usage of alternate.
 

Teh Other Dave

Alan Cameron (40)
That's a fair indiscretion.

Speaking of which, I really don't want to look at the refereeing decisions thread right now. It was hard enough watching Drew Mitchell lose his shit tonight.
 

Lindommer

Steve Williams (59)
Staff member
A bloke with a beer word in his alternate name would certainly know what he's talking about, BBaron. Yer right, our Septic friends are guilty of misusing "alternate" when they should say "alternative". "alternate" is a choice of one of two, "alternating current" is either positive or negative while an "alternate director" is a person who sits in place of the permanent director. "alternative" is a choice of one of many, you and I would choose an "alternative" beer rather than put up with Carlton Draught/VB/XXXX/Tooheys New fer instance.

"compliment" incorrectly used where "complement" is the right word is grossly abused on this site. And elsewhere. As a general rule "compliment" is a noun and "complement" is a verb. "compliment" is a nice thing to say, or do, "with compliments" usually means a small gift from a business or whatever. "complement" is used when two or more things go together, a nice fit so to speak. A nut "complements" a bolt, a THP "complements" a LHP. I think I'll stop there and leave it up to Dismal to educate us on some other complementary examples.
 
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Beer Baron

Phil Hardcastle (33)
received a letter from a professional today with ect in place of etc.
This is similar to my previous loose peeve in that the former is becoming more common than the latter...

N.B. - someone may have already posted this one I have a feeling...

edit: me! - Ha!
 

Dismal Pillock

Simon Poidevin (60)
Stupid apostrophes, I am embarrasingly hopeless with the plurals one. Really need to knuckle down and sort my shit out'.

ps the plural of plural is pleurisy

"The use of the comma is appalling. When I read some newspaper websites, they just don't understand what it is used for."
Really dont know what the rules are for commas. Anton Chekhov called commas "the notes in the symphony" so if spartan or profuse embellishment is fine with the greatest short story writer who ever lived then it's fine with me.

Look at someone like Phil Gifford, he up-ends a whole box of the fucken things and lets the chips fall where they may. "The Crusaders, to a man, are, without a doubt, and indubitably so, bastards."
at 96 I am cutting back on my commitments
lol, I started "cutting back on my committments" when I was 14-years old.

 

Tex

John Thornett (49)
I don't want to poke the bin fire that is the RA/Australian Rugby thread, but I would like to thank sidelineview for dispelling the myth that people who consume the Bolt/Panahi/Jones/Latham swill are illiterate, as SLV displays a swashbuckling confidence in their use of semi-colons.
 
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