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Oxford English Dictionary FAQ

  • 17-07-2003 5:19pm
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    ColinM
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    Hi everybody!
    I still have a wasp in my cap about bad spelling, grammar, and punctuation since the last time I posted here. I really want to reach out and murder someone every time I see apostrophes where they're not supposed to be, and people writing "were" when they mean "where". I really hate having to re-read a sentence to see if substituting another word will allow it to make more sense. It really is quite a phenomenon how having to do that makes my blood pressure rise so quickly.

    Recently, I wanted to find out if there was a difference between the words "learned" and "learnt". I found this: http://www.askoxford.com/asktheexperts/faq/aboutspelling/
    There are some very good explanations of some other things there too. I sincerely hope some of these language-crucifiers stumble across this forum and "learn" themselves something.

    Oh, and eh, discuss etc...


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