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I find this so annoying!

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ferry23 Sat 21-Feb-26 10:13:18

Ah, time to dig up this old chestnut -

A woman without her man is nothing.

or

A woman: without her, man is nothing.

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Grannycool52 Sat 21-Feb-26 09:51:19

Does anyone else find the lack of punctuation an irritation, when reading some posters' contributions?

There is one poster who repeatedly mentions her grammar school education, yet fails to use punctuation in her contributions, which makes them very difficult to unravel at times.

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Grannycool52 Sat 21-Feb-26 09:46:50

Oh, Winterwhite, I do hate " bored of" used instead of "bored with".
I also detest "different to" used when "different from" is correct.

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winterwhite Fri 20-Feb-26 21:05:47

Bored of (instead of with) also seems to have taken root.

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HowVeryDareYou2 Fri 20-Feb-26 19:34:09

A friend of mine (68) uses "of" in that way. She also gets confused between their/they're and there, as well as to/to/two, which I find astonishing at that age.

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Fallingstar Fri 20-Feb-26 19:31:09

* if they are unsure

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Fallingstar Fri 20-Feb-26 19:30:45

Spot on.
I think people just repeat what others say is they are unsure.

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Astitchintime Fri 20-Feb-26 19:29:59

Yes, equally annoying as there instead of their………..no doubt there is countless more.

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Graceless Fri 20-Feb-26 19:20:38

No it's not just you!

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Septimia Fri 20-Feb-26 19:17:43

It annoys me, too, and is probably due as much to lazy speech as it is to ignorance.

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BoggledMind Fri 20-Feb-26 19:15:28

I'm new here so please accept my apologies if it's been mentioned before.

There seems to be an increasing use of the the word 'of' instead of 've. For example:
Could of, should of, would of, instead of could've, should've, would've.

I can’t believe that a lot of people don’t realise the 've is short for 'have'. Could have, should have, would have.

I'm seeing this error more often and can only assume it's because people write it as they say it.

As Terry Wogan would say, "Is it me?"

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