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How good is your pronounciation? 56 Gally
Mispronunciation at the BBC. Whatever next! 97 jeni
"must have" "at all" and "yeh - no" 84 PRINTMISS
Malapropisms 58 Mobell
Fellow pedants may like this ... 24 Anagram
Words have meanings 12 Ariadne
The value of good grammar / punctuation 9 Anagram
Why 'outside of'? 62 Wheniwasyourage
Let’s have a rant about behaviour and appearance 70 gracesmum
Somebody can't add up! 8 Greatnan
Wince time! 31 gracesmum
Myself and........ 7 bagitha
Sometimes the message is more important than the words 18 Annobel
Big bigger biggest 36 gracesmum
After that thread....... 42 gracesmum
Grammar 46 absentgrana
Just heard 42 glammanana
The word is.... 23 em
Changes to the printed word 19 yogagran
A relationship expert becomes exasperated! 19 Elegran
'has' or 'have' 15 Ariadne
bless him! 32 absentgrana
There, their, where, were..... 10 Jacey
Walking into things 10 Elegran
know its petty but 30 Gally
Using "me" as a subject in a sentence 15 Notsogrand
Very unique..... 6 Ariadne
pronouncing the word LAND 24 syberia
teachers bad grammer! 68 Mamie
Robert (or should that be Rabbie?) Burns 23 Annobel
Let's not ask a Grandad 50 glammanana
Death of the adverb? 6 phoenix
Member's or members' ? 16 raggygranny
Quotation help 5 grannyactivist
Let's start a blitz on bad grammar - nationwide 269 Baggy
over-use of phrases 78 Stansgran
The use of 'are' when it should be 'is. 7 goldengirl
Positive pedantry 11 Faye
Nice 12 greenmossgiel
Are you wearing a trouser? 18 susiecb
Wrong end of the stick... 5 Divawithattitude
queuing 18 Joan
Innit 5 carboncareful