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Dookus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-04 09:01 PM Original message |
Common mistakes that bug you.... |
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Endangered Specie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-04 09:02 PM Response to Original message |
1. Various physics things... |
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LastKnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-04 09:06 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. physics stuff for me too... |
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Endangered Specie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-04 09:08 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. In chemistry... people would use -ite and -ate interchangebly... |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 06:44 AM Response to Reply #1 |
37. and dumb things, like using "inertia" when they mean "momentum" |
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MallRat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-04 09:03 PM Response to Original message |
2. Apostrophe abuse. |
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Donkeyboy75 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-04 09:05 PM Response to Original message |
3. I posted this earlier, but butchering figures of speech. |
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achtung_circus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 06:27 AM Response to Reply #3 |
35. When I was taught grammar |
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On the Road (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 10:35 AM Response to Reply #35 |
42. Really, Achtung? |
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Donkeyboy75 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 12:08 PM Response to Reply #35 |
51. I've never heard that! |
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achtung_circus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 07:23 PM Response to Reply #51 |
58. Toronto, nt |
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On the Road (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-04 09:05 PM Response to Original message |
4. The Term "Light Year" |
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Donkeyboy75 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-04 09:05 PM Original message |
LOL |
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Endangered Specie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-04 09:05 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Ive seen it used as a unit of speed... even worse. |
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Angelus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-04 09:07 PM Response to Original message |
7. When people spell "lose" like "loose." |
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Amerpie (380 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-04 09:09 PM Response to Original message |
9. Very unique |
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Dookus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-04 09:11 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. good one... |
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Dookus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-04 09:09 PM Response to Original message |
10. aww... |
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Endangered Specie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-04 09:14 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. Speed is a magnitude (scalar) and velocity is a vector... |
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gristy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-04 09:15 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. Velocity is a measure of how fast something is going and the |
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Endangered Specie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-04 09:11 PM Response to Original message |
12. I absolutely CAN'T STAND Star Trek being confused with Star Wars... |
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Angelus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-04 09:15 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. OHHHH...so Darth Vader isn't Captain Kirk's father? |
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Endangered Specie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-04 09:19 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. Heathen, you will burn in Gre'thor for this... lol |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 06:47 AM Response to Reply #12 |
38. I hate it when people use verbs as nouns! |
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zbird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-04 09:11 PM Response to Original message |
13. Since it hasn't been mentioned yet... NEWCULAR! |
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unblock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-04 09:17 PM Response to Original message |
17. "mediocre" for "really sucks" |
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Dookus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-04 09:19 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. good'un |
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Hand (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 02:00 PM Response to Reply #20 |
54. Here's another... |
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unblock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-04 09:18 PM Response to Original message |
18. people who proclaim to be christians yet can't exhibit any christianity? |
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Endangered Specie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-04 09:20 PM Response to Original message |
21. People who stop cold in the merge lane. |
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bubblesby2002 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-04 09:25 PM Response to Original message |
22. Orientated instead of oriented |
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Endangered Specie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-04 09:27 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. ok chucks, I do that all the time |
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bubblesby2002 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-04 09:29 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. Well stop it then |
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Endangered Specie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-04 09:30 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. I'll try, Im a science/math geek, not a grammar nut |
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bubblesby2002 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-04 09:37 PM Response to Reply #26 |
30. And I'm a grammar and spelling geek |
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Quahog (704 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 10:48 AM Response to Reply #22 |
43. Ugh, YES! |
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Teddy_Salad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-04 09:28 PM Response to Original message |
24. Really??? |
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Dookus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-04 09:31 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. yup... really |
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Teddy_Salad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-04 09:35 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. Yeah... |
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unblock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-04 09:35 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. i knew that one -- and i'm jewish! |
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Dookus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-04 10:19 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. hehehe... |
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qwertyMike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 12:33 PM Response to Reply #27 |
53. So Mary |
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Redleg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-04 10:24 PM Response to Original message |
32. My list of pet peeves: |
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Dookus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-04 10:49 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. lol... |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 06:50 AM Response to Reply #33 |
39. I wouldn't go that far - it's a central tenet of Catholicism |
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ForrestGump (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 01:48 AM Response to Original message |
34. 'Predate' instead of 'prey' |
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johnnie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 06:35 AM Response to Original message |
36. I and me. |
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July (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 07:02 AM Response to Original message |
40. Two that bother me: |
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sleepyhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 12:28 PM Response to Reply #40 |
52. Another vote for "begging the question" |
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Burma Jones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 07:10 AM Response to Original message |
41. People driving slowly in the left lane |
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tsakshaug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 11:02 AM Response to Reply #41 |
44. the cause of this problem |
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Misunderestimator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 11:09 AM Response to Original message |
45. NUCULAR from our "leader" who can't say it right ONCE |
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amazona (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 11:22 AM Response to Original message |
46. its versus it's |
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Misunderestimator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 11:33 AM Response to Reply #46 |
48. Bugs me too... |
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Hand (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 02:03 PM Response to Reply #46 |
55. That's a big one with me, too... |
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Arger68 (562 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 11:25 AM Response to Original message |
47. I work in the trucking industry. |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 11:44 AM Response to Reply #47 |
50. That's like "attorney generals" or "governor generals" |
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lapislzi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 11:40 AM Response to Original message |
49. OK...you asked for it... |
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Hand (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 02:53 PM Response to Original message |
56. "Here, here" instead of "Hear, hear"... |
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arwalden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 02:56 PM Response to Original message |
57. Portable Sign Boards With A "W" Substitued For An "M" (and vice versa) |
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Grey (933 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 07:40 PM Response to Original message |
59. I didn't know that ??? |
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marigold20 (802 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 07:43 PM Response to Original message |
60. "The bank borrowed me some money." |
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