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SueDonim Sun 16-Nov-25 09:27:42

Towing the line.

The autocorrect on my iPad just changed that to ‘toeing’ so it agrees with me!

‘Different to’ also irks me. It should be ‘from’.

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sodapop Sun 16-Nov-25 09:22:33

Also loose/lose
Defuse/diffuse
Increasingly I see 'ly' missed from the end of words eg she did amazing

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honeyrose Sun 16-Nov-25 09:19:41

One of the Radio 2 presenters regularly says “arks” instead of “ask”. Drives me nuts!

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Witzend Sun 16-Nov-25 09:04:27

Yes, I often wonder why so many people apparently can’t differentiate between worse and worst.

But ditto to reign/rein.
Phase/faze is another I keep seeing lately.

And just yesterday, ‘Seen as I…’ when she clearly meant, ‘Seeing as I…’.

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kircubbin2000 Sun 16-Nov-25 08:48:24

Also people reigning it in.

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kircubbin2000 Sun 16-Nov-25 08:47:30

My latest hate.

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