kanter
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As a fellow pedant feel duty bound to point out that there is only one 'n' in unacceptable
Unnacceptable, H&H!!!!!
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MizElz
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As a fellow pedant feel duty bound to point out that there is only one 'n' in unacceptable
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You are right............
What is embarrassing is that so many people have joined the 'clique' now, and yet you are the first to notice my *ahem*.....deliberate mistake
As a fellow pedant feel duty bound to point out that there is only one 'n' in unacceptable
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You are right............
What is embarrassing is that so many people have joined the 'clique' now, and yet you are the first to notice my *ahem*.....deliberate mistake
RachelB
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I was going to point out that there was more than one spelling mistake in that particular article; I see others have done so, in which case I shall refrain from repeating them!
May I join the clique??! I take great pleasure in constantly correcting my mother's awful spoken grammar, and any spelling mistakes she makes - it drives her barmy!
Although I did find a spelling mistake in my dissertation when I got it back
(only one though, out of about 9,000 words!)
May I join the clique??! I take great pleasure in constantly correcting my mother's awful spoken grammar, and any spelling mistakes she makes - it drives her barmy!
Although I did find a spelling mistake in my dissertation when I got it back
carys220
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Of course you can join, we are openly recruiting. There is no test, honestly
cariad
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Except it's not spelt "hyphon" - see post I was replying to. I can see that one fell flat!
scotsmare
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Ok, spelling and grammer critique club - did no one notice that the OP had spelt unacceptable wrongly!!!!
MizElz
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Ok, spelling and grammer critique club - did no one notice that the OP had spelt unacceptable wrongly!!!!
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Deliberate mistake, I assure you
I was just testing
Ok, spelling and grammer critique club - did no one notice that the OP had spelt unacceptable wrongly!!!!
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Deliberate mistake, I assure you
carys220
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LOL, maybe we're not very good pedants
but we need the clique to justify our being pedantic (so wanted to say pedanticness)
scotsmare
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Does this mean I can join the club too then?
MizElz
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Of course you can join!
Carys - maybe it's 'pedanticism'
Carys - maybe it's 'pedanticism'
carys220
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Ok, spelling and grammer critique club - did no one notice that the OP had spelt unacceptable wrongly!!!!
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Deliberate mistake, I assure you
I was just testing
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Does this mean I can join the club too then?
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Yes, you can join, that's the test.
But you did spell grammar wrong
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Ok, spelling and grammer critique club - did no one notice that the OP had spelt unacceptable wrongly!!!!
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Deliberate mistake, I assure you
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Does this mean I can join the club too then?
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Yes, you can join, that's the test.
Sooty
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Carys, in your photo you don't look old enough to have worked in an office!
carys220
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LOL, that's my first pony, Jingles. That picture is at least 20 years old! Although I don't look much different.
scotsmare
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*goes off to resign from job as magazine editor*
kerilli
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May I join the pedants' group too, please?
I hope my correct use of the apostrophe guarantees my place!
btw, one of my favourite jokes of all time (courtesy of Mr Stephen Fry, of course!)
Who led the Pedants' Revolt?
Which Tyler.
I hope my correct use of the apostrophe guarantees my place!
btw, one of my favourite jokes of all time (courtesy of Mr Stephen Fry, of course!)
Who led the Pedants' Revolt?
Which Tyler.
carys220
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Donkeymad
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I too would like to join the hapless band of grammar sticklers, although to be honest I'm not 100% confident in my own ability so would probably get pulled apart myself!
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Snap.
I too would like to join the hapless band of grammar sticklers, although to be honest I'm not 100% confident in my own ability so would probably get pulled apart myself!
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Snap.
MizElz
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May I join the pedants' group too, please?
I hope my correct use of the apostrophe guarantees my place!
btw, one of my favourite jokes of all time (courtesy of Mr Stephen Fry, of course!)
Who led the Pedants' Revolt?
Which Tyler.
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I don't get it!
May I join the pedants' group too, please?
I hope my correct use of the apostrophe guarantees my place!
btw, one of my favourite jokes of all time (courtesy of Mr Stephen Fry, of course!)
Who led the Pedants' Revolt?
Which Tyler.
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I don't get it!
carys220
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You might get it if you look at this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wat_Tyler
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wat_Tyler
MizElz
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Ah ok! Took me a while, but common sense and logic are, unfortunately, two things I seem to lack
doodles
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Ha ha, another pedant here... I spent many years as a copywriter in advertising. Can spot a typo at a thousand paces. And talking of the semi-colon (I'm a big fan too), I was once asked to remove one from a piece of copy and replace it with a comma.... when I asked the suit to ask the client why, the response was "I don't know what a semi-colon does, so I'd prefer a comma"
. To say I was speechless was an understatement!!!!!
Long-live the pedant
Long-live the pedant
NoCollection
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I would also like to join the pedants, please. My most-hated phrase, seen all too often on HHO, is "I could of done better".
Pedants will make the world a more precise place.
Pedants will make the world a more precise place.
carys220
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ponyqueen
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hehehe..me too!
so...I'm sorry but I couldn't resist...'fair to many hyphons in a sentence'
presumably far too many hyphens?
so...I'm sorry but I couldn't resist...'fair to many hyphons in a sentence'
presumably far too many hyphens?
vickyguns
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This sounds like a good place to be, speaking as someone who texts every word correctly and tries to use punctuation in them other than in the form of faces. What is that about, (and why have I succumbed to it) ? !-)
carys220
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htobago
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Of course you can join!
Carys - maybe it's 'pedanticism'
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The word you are looking for is 'pedantry'.
Of course you can join!
Carys - maybe it's 'pedanticism'
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The word you are looking for is 'pedantry'.
scotsmare
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Ah, a qualified writer in the form of Htobago is going to take us all to task!
htobago
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May I join the pedants' group too, please?
I hope my correct use of the apostrophe guarantees my place!
btw, one of my favourite jokes of all time (courtesy of Mr Stephen Fry, of course!)
Who led the Pedants' Revolt?
Which Tyler.
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Love it! Fry is a genius!
My father told me quite a funny one - true story, apparently. Some v distinguished professor of linguistics was giving a lecture. At one point, he said "In most languages, a double negative is a positive, but there are no languages in which a double positive is a negative".
Some bright spark in the audience immediately called out "Yeah, right!"
Thus proving him wrong!
May I join the pedants' group too, please?
I hope my correct use of the apostrophe guarantees my place!
btw, one of my favourite jokes of all time (courtesy of Mr Stephen Fry, of course!)
Who led the Pedants' Revolt?
Which Tyler.
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Love it! Fry is a genius!
My father told me quite a funny one - true story, apparently. Some v distinguished professor of linguistics was giving a lecture. At one point, he said "In most languages, a double negative is a positive, but there are no languages in which a double positive is a negative".
Some bright spark in the audience immediately called out "Yeah, right!"
Thus proving him wrong!
kerilli
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htobago, that is absolutely brilliant.
did you hear the story about George Bernard Shaw being approached by an earnest student of linguistics, who said "Do you know that sugar and sumac are the only words in English where an initial "su" is pronouced like "shu"?
Shaw immediately responded, "Sure."
did you hear the story about George Bernard Shaw being approached by an earnest student of linguistics, who said "Do you know that sugar and sumac are the only words in English where an initial "su" is pronouced like "shu"?
Shaw immediately responded, "Sure."