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Decimate

7 absent

Elizabeth Windsor and the Queen's English

3 kittylester

"Save our children from the grammar tribe"

9 Lilygran

lingerie

57 feetlebaum

Thunder and lightning

15 Anne58

No problem

10 Tegan

Single person plural

48 Bags

Tennis bat

17 j08

On the BBC News!

7 gracesmum

Fathers' or Father's

8 Ella46

Misplacement of adverbs and adjectives.

1 mrsmopp

Love this one!

4 mrsmopp

Facebook

41 janerowena

My sister's one blew up

19 Stansgran

Like

23 Hunt

"Textspeak" ;

90 annodomini

Language is constantly - er

11 janerowena

Good English really does matter

3 Bags

Another remarkable use of the apostrophe

19 gracesmum

Economy must be on the up

2 york46

Grammar rules you knowingly ignore

6 Eleanorre

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