English Language Examples of Use and Origins

[dsr-burnley]

On 02/03/2025 at 11:58, davieG said:

A better image

 

It would be even better if they hadn't got the colon and semi-colon the wrong way round.

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[Trav Le Bleu]

10 hours ago, davieG said:

Practice and practise 

[Parafox]

On 11/03/2025 at 08:39, davieG said:

 

Breaks v brakes. 

 

Hopefully those that post on FT will read that and stop saying things like "put the breaks on", " I had to break " etc.

[FoxesDeb]

On 11/03/2025 at 09:39, davieG said:

Boarder and border

 

And not even spelled similarly, but of and have. 

 

Why oh why do people still type 'had of' and 'could of' when they mean have? Drives me insane. 

[Parafox]

23 hours ago, FoxesDeb said:

Boarder and border

 

And not even spelled similarly, but of and have. 

 

Why oh why do people still type 'had of' and 'could of' when they mean have? Drives me insane. 

 

Me too. And I'm not even a member of the grammar police... yet

[HighPeakFox]

I always get practice / practise wrong, or forget the rule. 

[bovril]

1 hour ago, HighPeakFox said:

I always get practice / practise wrong, or forget the rule. 

I remember it using advice / advise, which is easier to remember because of the difference in pron. 

[davieG]

[davieG]

It's only called an acronym when you pronounce the
abbreviation as a real word (ex. NASA).
Otherwise it is known as an initialism (ex. FBI).