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112 Elegran

I've just had an email from M&S

8 ninathenana

spelling

3 ninathenana

Someone...

10 janerowena

Words that have changed their meanings

24 trisher

So fun

70 merlotgran

Pence

38 Ana

Grammar

33 Bellanonna

Plural of still-life

52 petallus

Transatlantic political language

15 Ana

'z' or 's' - I'm confused or confuzed!

34 pompa

How many is a few?

30 PRINTMISS

So

12 fluttERBY123

Another annoying advert at the top of the page

10 MamaCaz

An Announcement

15 janerowena

Unctuous

16 loopylou

Whence

15 Nelliemoser

A new word!

11 Anya

Heard on TV this week

26 Wheniwasyourage

Conshumer?

75 Falconbird

One can't 'respect' information

28 durhamjen

Plurals (fun quiz)

34 mrshat

A 'Must' for pedants?

16 Eloethan

"Superstition, convention and pedantry", a discussion

3 Penstemmon

Correcting grammar on Wiki

11 purplehairstreak

Mumf.....!

28 Flowerofthewest

"Like" instead of "as if"

5 janeainsworth

When is a poem a poem?

44 Falconbird

"It's the Thing that counts..."

189 soop

On FB this morning ....

8 Anya

Persil advert

11 ninathenana

What is the difference between

24 Gracesgran

When did…

4 ninathenana

accompliment / accompaniment?

7 Elegran

it turned out good / well

38 crun

Weather forecasters

23 loopylou

Steven Pinker on "literally" ; and some other linguistic things...

10 crun

Cookers/ovens

28 Falconbird

Similar word confusion

26 crun

Pedants, remember

2 Grannyknot

bad writting (sic)

77 MamaCaz

Why use one word when sixteen will do?

11 grumppa

What happened on Woman's Hour this morning?

20 crun

Im still Grey

51 Ana

Dom Joly in Sarajevo

8 jinglbellsfrocks

Unpleasant modern expressions

240 Greenfinch

Like used as a conjunction

18 Icyalittle

Annoyances!

67 feetlebaum

I wouldn't say brave

16 NfkDumpling

Fluffy kittens

8 rosesarered