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diabetic can be both an adjective and a noun
 
Another niggle that's just come to mind is the difference between "to" and "too"
 
My wife said we would have less arguments if I wasn't so pedantic. I said "I think you mean fewer arguments".
Plus the weather forecast. It's not going to be milder, it's going to be less cold.
 
What a brilliant thread! A big yes to everyone's grumbles from me, especially loose/lose, fewer/less (likely to cause me to shout at the tv/radio, or even think of writing to manufacturers and point out the error of their ways on packaging), So.... (where/how on earth did that start?), wrap up warm (it's warmLY!!). And don't get me started on there/their/they're and aberrant apostrophes. Dialects are wonderful, with different regional words, e.g. bishybarnybee (Norfork for ladybird) and dimpsy (Somerset for half-light/dusk) but bad grammar? Grrrr. I blame Eastenders!
 
Grrr, when people say "orientated". Don't get me started.
 
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Grammar is the difference between knowing your **** and knowing you're ****.
 
Isn’t orientated the correct word, oriented is the American version I thought?

"What does orientated mean? ...there really isn’t a good reason to use orientated in your writing.

People sometimes use the word orientated because they see and hear the word orientation and think that orientated is the verb made from it, but really it is just a needless variant.

It’s best to avoid it altogether."

https://writingexplained.org/oriented-vs-orientated-difference
 
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Seems you can always find something on the internet that agrees with different points of view!
http://conjugator.reverso.net/conjugation-english-verb-orientate.html
 
So, 'pre-order' makes me smile, kind of. What your gonna order somethink, before ordering it. Should of been, can I order it? Nothing like a miss-placed, comma.
 
I get very bored of people who cant spell and dont no were too put there apostophe's.

Robbity
 
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