Grammar Discussions

[p--and--t]

I was thinking more along the lines of

"So, you know, like I was thingin, you know, like, what youse all, you know, like, got into like on the weekend and that."

 

[p--and--t]

 

[get me outta here]

What does this email heading from Marriott mean - is it a grammar foxes paw or something Perth like that eludes me? :
“Ready for a Perth-ect Getaway?“.

 

[Captain Halliday]

What does this email heading from Marriott mean - is it a grammar foxes paw or something Perth like that eludes me? :
“Ready for a Perth-ect Getaway?“.

Looks to me like a play on the word perfect.

@JohnM must have joined their marketing department.

 

[TheRealTMA]

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Maybe she should have voted for the Coalition then?

 

[get me outta here]

A glass eye called Ralph.

 

[Hvr]

A thread from the WaPo:

OP "a popular rosè wine"

Response one: "It's rosé, not rosè."

Response two: "Some might say that this is pedantic, but if you live as a critic, you must be ready to diacritic."

 

[rginoz]

Many years ago, I worked with someone who would often say "Oh, you know, I don't know, you know."

 

[VPS]

WTF - Glenn Fahey

 

[RooFlyer]

WTF - Glenn Fahey

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Interestingly, it is spelled correctly in the link:

School students are being groomed for social activism while too many are still functionally illiterate as they leave the classroom. A new OECD report shows that Australia’s school system has an excess focus on students developing “awareness of global issues”.…

I suspect an on-line subbie

 

[AIRwin]

Spot the typo:

 

[MEL_Traveller]

To reteriev your booking? Sounds fun!

 

[VPS]

The mighty Adelaide Advertiser this morning (it was fixed this afternoon)



When you click through - they are probably trying to raze it

 

[themaiz]

When you click through - they are probably trying to raze it

You'd think so and nicely spotted!

Isn't it a curiosity of the English language that homophones can so easily be antonyms?

I bet some youngster reporter was seriously cuffed around the ears.

 

[JessicaTam]

The might Adelaide Advertiser this morning (it was fixed this afternoon)

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When you click through - they are probably trying to raze it

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And I reckon the police should be involved if he wants to bulldoze the house with people still in it.

 

[VPS]

And I reckon the police should be involved if he wants to bulldoze the house with people still in it.

And the people are his ex wife and kids - very bizarre. Also - now everyone knows where a public figure and her kids live

 

[VPS]

And another one. I know we all make mistakes (even me - I posted something the other day and said would of which I hate so luckily was able to go back and edit)

 

[defurax]

UK quarantine apparently involves tasting waste. Sounds unpleasant.

 

[themaiz]

UK quarantine apparently involves tasting waste. Sounds unpleasant.

Yeah, but they have a couple of fundamental errors in the copy. Not sure how much tasting a bin will do. What about "three star Ibis" - is that an oxymoron?

 

[JessicaTam]

Yesterday’s Age newspaper.



*sigh*