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‘Less’ versus ‘Fewer’

15 MamaCaz

Ungrammatical label

25 JackyB

Turned out to be or turn out to be?

27 Grammaretto

Help from native speaker, please

13 geekesse

I`m sure these have been mentioned before ...

91 Elrel

Do you own it?

3 oldgimmer1

Romanian language

54 Callistemon

Since when did a customer services adviser become an advocate?

40 boodymum67

Local "for sale" ads!

18 CassieJ

Phrases/sayings that drive me mad!

274 Ninarosa

Them/Their

15 Tangerine

Jumping on the bandwagon

2 Gaunt47

Sloppy language

26 Rufus2

They are NOT "Invites"& quot; !

65 KarenDerna

AM & PM - midnight and midday

11 BlueBelle

Geezer/geyser

9 Elegran

Does no-one care?

68 sodapop

What happened to “the” ?

33 TwinLolly

What happened to 'th' ?

93 Namsnanny

Proof reading?

77 GrannyGear

Ambiguity is rife.

3 EllanVannin

Tess on Strictly

3 KatyK

‘A’

53 cas58

meaning of 'clout'.

49 lemongrove

Amn't I

36 grannyticktock

Settled status

2 Greta

For the pedants

10 Fennel

I'm as guilty as the next person....

28 Grammaretto

Or should this be under Insomnia?

6 MawBroonsback

So ?

73 gulligranny

Annoying autocorrect

16 grandtanteJE65

Spelling

61 mrsgreenfingers56

Sponsorship requests

2 suziewoozie

Dan Snow

41 Rufus2

lost a word

6 GrannyGravy13

incorrect use of words

97 Septimia

Am I the only one...

18 GabriellaG54

gauge or guage or gage?

13 BradfordLass72

Apologising

48 Callistemon

Plain or plane.

13 Callistemon

New word: touristing

6 grandtanteJE65

Am I missing something?

25 sodapop

Plain or plane.

5 Tangerine

When is a cube not a cube?

18 allule

The murder victim as contortionist?

8 janeainsworth

How do YOU say it?

144 JackyB

Aaarrrgghhh!

44 Bathsheba

You'll love this one!

44 Jalima1108

That or who?

7 grandtanteJE65

I didn’t know I could buy sainthood .......!

15 Grammaretto