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'Drawers' not 'draws'

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Baggs Fri 13-Apr-18 19:59:44

I did it the other way round the other day!

We do say 'draw' rather than 'draw-er' wink

My Oxford and Cambridge educated teacher of English said allright should have a double el.

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Situpstraight Fri 13-Apr-18 19:58:18

I worked on a job share with a colleague, who always left me a note when she left saying that she had left the work in the draw, it drove me crazy.....every single day. When I left my work for her, I spelt it correctly, but she never did.
Go figure.

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singingnutty Fri 13-Apr-18 19:51:42

Apologies if this has been brought up before. I cringe when people write 'draws' instead of ' drawers'. This happens all the time on the Buy swap or sell type sites on the internet. They will refer to 'chest of draws' or 'table with a draw' or similar phrases. I suppose because so many people now misspell the word it will soon be alright to do so. Grrrrrr!

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