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08-20-2006, 08:25 AM #11< Banned User >
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Best regards to most... and happy trails. Time to migrate. I may start something on my own site.
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08-20-2006, 08:59 AM #12Super Shaver
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Oh I caught it, but I couldn't figure an easy way to slip 'perticipate' in there too.
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08-20-2006, 12:53 PM #13Library Marksmanship Unit
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The words:
TAUT
TAUGHT
TAUNT
...are not interchageable. Use the right word not its second cousin.
I feel better now. Thank you.
LG Roy
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08-20-2006, 08:45 PM #14Senior Member
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Undoubtedly the most oft-committed language crime on SRP Forums.
Originally Posted by Library Guy
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08-20-2006, 08:51 PM #15Senior Member
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Just to head off any potential misunderstandings when you head south into my neck of the woods.
Remember, y'all refers to one person, the proper plural is all y'all. Kinda like yous guys in Philly or NYC.
Ed (who had no idea he'd touched a raw nerve
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08-20-2006, 09:12 PM #16Senior Member
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I'd post more, but I gotsa warsh my laundry.
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08-21-2006, 12:58 AM #17Senior Member
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I need to run out and change the awl in my car.
After that, I need to rotate the tars.
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08-21-2006, 04:36 AM #18Senior Member
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hahah I love this thread
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08-21-2006, 04:53 AM #19< Banned User >
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Best regards to most... and happy trails. Time to migrate. I may start something on my own site.
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08-21-2006, 09:51 AM #20Junior Member
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I'm sorry, but being anally retentive regarding these things, the correct terminology should be "I have just noticed that the description..." Originally Posted by ForestryProf
Cheers
Phillip
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