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Common misuse of the English Language examples

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Dris | 18:44 Sun 13th Mar 2011 | Phrases & Sayings
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Now obvious 'typos' are exempt.We all all make them.

ect for 'etc' .

of cause for of course .


Any more glaringly obvious ones?
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sorry if I put that twice... didn't show on my list
Glad this is still going - I thought in the night that I forgot to add "mute" instead of "moot" - as in "this is a mute point"...
"Yous two" or "yous lot" instead of "you two" or "you lot". This was a common expression on Brookside I remember but I now hear it regularly from Scotland and North England.

And a typical sentence I hear at school is " And I was like, yeah, right and he was like no, right, yeah "
Sian has just said "yous two " twice within a minute when talking to Kevin and Sally on Corrie. ("having yous two as parents....")
The one that really gets my goat is the stunning revelation preceded by the phrase '.......at the end of the day.'
advice and advise
My friend and me!! drives me mad, and also they came round to mine! (instead of my house/place)
my friend and me are going to the park - I should have explained!

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