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HairyScot
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“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"??
Advocate/advocacy
- October 12, 2020, 2:08pm
Proper usage is:-
One advocates, or one is an advocate for.
That's it!
What is the word for intentionally incorrect spelling?
- June 1, 2020, 5:24am
Correct preposition following different? Redux
- May 31, 2020, 7:30am
It seems that the 'from' vs 'to' issue is not confined to the use of 'different'.
Recently found 'separate to' being used instead of 'separate from'.
I have also seen instances where 'to' is used instead of what most of us would think be the 'correct' preposition:-
'deal to' instead of 'deal with', 'think to' instead of 'think of'.
In addition our American cousins seem to favour the omission of prepositions. Particularly with verbs like protest and debate.
In the interests of brevity perhaps?
Questions
| Incorrect use (or abuse) of the preposition "to" | May 10, 2022 |
What does “Curb your dog” mean?
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?"