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Thread #132499 Message #3994576
Posted By: Tattie Bogle
30-May-19 - 08:21 PM
Thread Name: BS: Language Pet Peeves
Subject: RE: BS: Language Pet Peeves
Mis-placed/unnecessary apostrophes are top of my list, or not using them when they should be there. Dey-ja voo (already you) instead of dey-ja vyu (already seen) for the other language ones. (phonetic spelling there!) Complimentary and complementary: so often confused/used incorrectly. Your and you're. There, they're and their. And, of course, could of, would of, should of.
There are a few Scots peculiarities too, such as people saying, and spelling the following word as definATEly. And it's quite commonplace to hear "he has went" instead of "he has gone".