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But, they're in the garden.They're garter snakes, not garden snakes!
But, they're in the garden.They're garter snakes, not garden snakes!
Perhaps, for them, the conundrum is a dilemma.Here is one that is a pet peeve for me: when people use dilemma instead of conundrum.
But, they're in the garden.
dilemma instead of conundrum
Drives me nuts when customers call poplar trees "popular" trees... Nobody likes those things.
But, they're in the garden.
He's got you there J!
... i don't know the difference
I had a landlord who does that. I told him once, after hearing him say it probably twenty times or more. He patiently listened, and then said "Pop-lar. Gee, I didn't realize that, thanks Dave". Then he went right back to "popular". I guess some habits are hard to shake.
I'm not wrapping one around my leg.But they look like garters
Rush always made a joke about that one....hate to see him gone...Not that it's incorrect, at least in Britain, but I hate when people say "shed-ule" instead of "sked-ule".
I was in that "field" for many yrs...so many folks pronounced it as nuc-u-ler...Here's another one that makes me shake my head: loose > lose.
And another: it amazes me how many folks act like there is an extra U in nuclear. Nu - clear. I only see one.
I've been waiting patiently, but it hasn't been addressed yet...
There
Their
They're
I clearly recall learning which to use when in about the 3rd grade.
I don't know how I missed that there.Though I touched on it briefly in my post # 27 above. Yes, you are right. Those get abused pretty hard!