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Found on Facebook ....... enjoy!?

24 grandMattie

Not a whinge - just a Brian Bilston poem that caught my eye.

27 MissAdventure

Seen on Gransnet: Is Larry now Felis Catus non grata?

3 nanna8

Competitors

5 Pittcity

What was your babies first words

37 grandMattie

Uptick

11 JamesandJon33

A pedant on Facebook - moi?

153 choughdancer

Star prize

21 Calendargirl

How does a 'lived experience' differ from an 'experience'?

67 Grammaretto

Well, I’ve heard of the Mile High Club, but…

8 Grantanow

Communication skills?

42 RosiesMaw2

"Trained Gherkins"

18 grandtanteJE65

Looking for a longmore?

86 kircubbin2000

BBC Howler!

30 Joseann

And where is that exactly?

14 Oreo

What (if anything) have recent Literacy initiatives taught our children?

125 Witzend

Pronunciation

66 Bumface

It just needs a comma or two…

15 Ali08

Mental health?

23 welbeck

if you need a bump

40 Elegran

what is a pedant

25 M0nica

a bumping thread

15 grandtanteJE65

Insufferable pedant!

17 Witzend

Adspeak

9 Wheniwasyourage

Apropos of an earlier comment

27 Germanshepherdsmum

Go get, go see, go visit, etc.

32 Grammaretto

Advice re Fraud on BBC Breakfast

4 Doodledog

Advert from Damart

27 Greenfinch

Idioms people don't understand

151 NotSpaghetti

It’s mum

63 MissAdventure

‘Journaling’ - just seen in a Boots online advertisement..

32 Youngatheart51

Baked Potatoes versus Jacket Potatoes?

165 welbeck

Superfluous Superlatives

21 grandtanteJE65

Does no one check anything at the BBC any more?

100 MaizieD

initialisms and acronyms

21 Grammaretto

Fair, fayre and now fare!

47 Callistemon21

Pronunciation

12 Primrose53

Not a British company

14 AreWeThereYet

Bowlsful/ bowlfuls

65 Ziplok

Think about this.......

12 grandtanteJE65

travelling celebs

17 JackyB

New Car Park Signage

8 sophya

Today is International Apostrophe Day!

39 Scribbles

Little things which really annoy!

76 Marmin

Little things which really please...

27 Kate54

Post or thread ?

8 Marydoll

Grab

101 Albangirl14

‘When I done my degree….’

93 Dickens

Order of words matters! (and I'm feeling grouchy today!)

17 grandtanteJE65

All is good now

12 grandtanteJE65