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"badly miscalculated" — double negatives?
- July 29, 2023, 4:35am
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Incorrect use (or abuse) of the preposition "to"
- July 29, 2023, 4:35am
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The company 'are'
- July 29, 2023, 4:34am
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Past perfect with until
- July 29, 2023, 4:33am
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Incorrect use (or abuse) of the preposition "to"
- July 7, 2023, 10:19pm
Another example:-
"catch up to" vs "catch up with"
mainly US English I think.
Signage
- June 25, 2023, 11:11pm
Despite all evidence to the contrary there are apparently many who still think that signage is the plural of sign!
The company 'are'
- June 23, 2023, 10:48pm
I attended school in Scotland from 1951 to 1963.
We were taught that collective nouns were singular.
That included "government", "town council", "parliament", "the company", "the army", "the navy", "the air force", but for some reason excluded "the police".
I'm not sure when, why, or how the practice of treating collective nouns as plural began.
Perhaps it's just another of those steps in "the evolution" of the language?
What does “Curb your dog” mean?
- January 26, 2021, 7:34am
I'd like to revitalise this thread and to add another AME vs UKE debate, which is the use of "tire" vs "tyre".
One has to ask, "Why do the Yanks try so hard to impose unnecessary differences on the language?"
“I’ve got” vs. “I have”
- October 12, 2020, 2:16pm
We still have this redundancy today in the title of TV shows like "Britain's Got Talent".
What's wrong with "Britain Has Talent"??
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Incorrect use (or abuse) of the preposition "to" | May 10, 2022 |
Incorrect use (or abuse) of the preposition "to"
A prime example from, of all places, the BBC!!
https://www.bbc.com/sport/tennis/66411613
"Citi Open: Andy Murray's defeat to Taylor Fritz interrupted by climate protesters"