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Not an Apostrophe

Mind that apostrophe.
XFool
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Not an Apostrophe

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Postby XFool » July 3rd, 2017, 11:41 am

...but my 'favourite' bugbear:

"Some of our services are currently unavailable" - Thinks: "Like using correct English?"

"We’re sorry for any problems this may cause you; we're working to return things back to normal as quickly as we can. Thank you for your patience." [My emphasis]

Don't thank me! :roll:

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Re: Not an Apostrophe

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Postby PinkDalek » July 3rd, 2017, 5:52 pm

XFool wrote:...but my 'favourite' bugbear:

"Some of our services are currently unavailable" - Thinks: "Like using correct English?"


Who thinks?

Who "Like"?

Like. ;)

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Re: Not an Apostrophe

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Postby XFool » July 4th, 2017, 11:45 am

PinkDalek wrote:
XFool wrote:...but my 'favourite' bugbear:

"Some of our services are currently unavailable" - Thinks: "Like using correct English?"


Who thinks?

Who "Like"?

Like. ;)

I knew it! ;)

"Walk such as an Angel walks"? - Doesn't sound like Elvis to me. (Such as Elvis would have sounded...)


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