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Any grammar rules you wish you had never learnt

2 Gorki

Please Be Aware

4 JessM

Mispronunciation at the BBC. Whatever next!

134 Ana

Littering

4 Ana

Good, better, best, bestest - NOOOO!

50 Elegran

Appalling spelling in newspapers

23 Roseyposey

When did 'foreword' become 'forward'?!

9 Gorki

Over used unnessary phrases

117 Eloethan

Perfect for pedants' corner

112 GrannyGear

So, what do you think? Time for punctuation to be updated? ;)

2 Galen

Mothers Day Traditions.

5 Elijay

Amaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaazing!

78 julika

Gifted books?

15 gracesmum

Human Rights

13 Merseymog

BBC should know better!

9 j08

?Final

12 Gally

Daft sayings

44 LullyDully

How to write good - take note!

14 gracesmum

Where has the word "sitting" gone

106 Yamyam

Anachronisms!

44 Greatnan

Meerkat or Market

23 Greatnan

Pedants, Ahoy!

1 Bags

Neologisms

16 annodomini

Definately....NOT!!

20 Bags

Of or With?

24 Tegan

A view from the other side......

35 annodomini

Apostrophe Protection Society

4 shysal

Shot dead

53 Bags

Eh?

30 Anne58

Laid, laying.

78 Wheniwasyourage

Apostrophes

37 vampirequeen

Where has the word "well" disappeared to..and other adverbs?

21 Grossi

The weather forecast

28 Elegran

PARAPROSDOKIANS

10 absentgrana

Parking

14 absentgrana

Advertisers' arithmetic

17 Lilygran

Quote, misquote

38 Anne58

Due to, owing to, because

12 granjura

On line dictionary

8 Anne58

bless him!

59 jeni

over-use of phrases

81 baNANA

Burning paper

25 NfkDumpling

SO

70 Mamie

How good is your pronounciation?

120 Maniac

Like

55 Annobel

Grocers' apostrophes

18 gracesmum

convince/persuade

3 vampirequeen

Anagrams

9 Anagram

Another poem on English Grammar...

7 mrsmopp

Govey and the new 11+

16 goldengirl