I could never quite understand why we park on a driveway?
But a cast is a social level used to determine what level in society you are in.
Bonkers. I think there are at least two ways of pronouncing ough
My (one of my) irritation is plurals especially from modern journalists. I have seen "sheeps" "deers" "badger's" and "alpaca's".
Boils it don't you know?
Hi, I'm with you on that, another example is referring to increasing the "RPM's" The first word of the acronym is already a plural there's no need to add the 's' at the end.
Colin
It always amused me when Americans said, "Oh, I love your accent". No. I speak English. You have the accent.
I see your RPMs and raise you ATM machines and PIN numbers.
A colleague pulled up another colleague this week for saying people in the office had been electrocuted last week by faulty sockets. He of course meant they got a shock, but the grammar nazi insisted that the term meant death by electricity, a joining of the worlds electric and execution. I Google’d it for a laugh during the discussion, only to upset the grammar nazi that most definitions of it today include “injury” as well as death. The guy was still wrong but I don’t remember “injury” always being a part of it. Seems like we updated the definition to suit people who use it incorrectly.