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Story: 20 more writing mistakes that make you look stupid
Thorny topic
"It's wagging its tail" or "Its wagging it's tail"...
Old school the apostrophe here should be for the possessive but as with many areas of grammar modern useage allows for either of the above to be "correct" or simply don't use the apostrophe at all.
Without a council setting standards of use, the English language is able to be flexible and adapt within a very broad set of variables.
I appreciate some are more retentive than others on the issue but this also explains why many responses are based on spelling issues. Grammar can change rapidly and is often led by cultural developments. Spelling tends to be defined by the producers of dictionaries and, therefore, changes take a bit longer to become accepted.
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Story: 20 more writing mistakes that make you look stupid
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Top Right-Hand Corner John Molloy -
asking for trouble iandelaney
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Actually matt loney
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off of ... 228922
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Its wagging it's tail 47894
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Thorny topic 67435 -
Sorry, You're wrong 351668 -
I agree DaveH
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Again it all depends who you s... 67435
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More errors 44997
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Spell checking - take care Mike P
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Marc Koltun 1000220092
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And even more errors! 1000309315
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Oh no it isn't! neil.haughton
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Tautology DaveH
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New word usage...? 1000010362
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Love it matt loney
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transitive and intransitive verbs DGH
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Grammar and meaning 351946
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Automation DaveH
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Heated temperatures 67835
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"Data is" or "Data are" ZorbaEisenhower
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Well, maybe... DaveH
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specifically vs pacificly? Gerry Mcgovern
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Strunk & White's "The Elements of Style" Greenheys
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Eats, shoots, leaves i8Spooky
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Get it right DaveH
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Eats, Shoots & Leaves matt loney
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One of these "errors" is not like the others DBL
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"e-Speak" of the Indian Subcontinent Destroying En... Kalki_Avatar
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Uesless words Michael Arbow
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Resilience matthew_w1000
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I actually didn't know a couple of those tips jervz
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Double meaning that causes arguments roger andre
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Eats, Shoots and Leaves... John Molloy
