Daughter said once:
If men butlers are called butlers are women butlers called buttresses?
If men butlers are called butlers are women butlers called buttresses?
Funny Typos or Misspellings
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From the Department of Redundancy Department - Hot Water Heater
I have to add this one, printed right on the label of an oil bottle:
Valvoline Max Life: for engines with over 750000 miles.
Valvoline Max Life: for engines with over 750000 miles.
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Is that sorta like filling up with khrap?
My youngest sister used to like to tell us stories and fairy tales that she had remembered after we read them to her.
She always began: "Oney poney time..."
She always began: "Oney poney time..."
Yeah, I DID mess that one up, didn't I??!!! It should indeed be Positive Crankcase Ventilation valve (I knew it at the time too... don't know why it came out the way it did!).
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Not a typo, but still grating...
The use of "bring" where "take" should have been used.
"I'm going to bring it to the tire store." Would be correct if the person were aleady in the tire store when they said it.
The use of "bring" where "take" should have been used.
"I'm going to bring it to the tire store." Would be correct if the person were aleady in the tire store when they said it.
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The difference between "to bring" and "to take" can be difficult to understand for non-native English speakers, unless someone explains the difference and proper use to them. For example, in German, "bringen" (to bring) is not bound to direction (to or from somewhere) like in English, but it is a unidirectional verb. I have to make an almost conscious effort to get it right, and if I'm tired I'll probably get it wrong.
What really drives me nuts are folks who never use "it's" and "its" properly when writing. Some even give up and use exclusively "it's." Do you know such a person?
What really drives me nuts are folks who never use "it's" and "its" properly when writing. Some even give up and use exclusively "it's." Do you know such a person?
This is a good explanation of bring vs come. It should make it easier to internalize than that a basic rule.
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~jlawler/aue/bring.html
I have more sympathy for those who botch its by adding a '. Its not in agreement with the normal rule of using an apostrophe in a possesive contraction.
Who is it here that uses "it's" all the time?
It's not a big deal.
If you can replace "it's" with "it is" or "it has", you need an apostrophe.
Otherwise, no thank you.
If you can replace "it's" with "it is" or "it has", you need an apostrophe.
Otherwise, no thank you.
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From actual hospital medical charts:
1. Vaginal packing out, Doctor in.
2. Large brown BM, up walking in hallway.
3. Dressing removed, wound examined, raped, patient tolerated well. Hint: 'raped' should be 'wrapped'.
4. Lab tests show abnormal lover function.
5. Exam of genitalia show he is circus sized.
6. I saw your patient today, who is under our car for physical theray.
1. Vaginal packing out, Doctor in.
2. Large brown BM, up walking in hallway.
3. Dressing removed, wound examined, raped, patient tolerated well. Hint: 'raped' should be 'wrapped'.
4. Lab tests show abnormal lover function.
5. Exam of genitalia show he is circus sized.
6. I saw your patient today, who is under our car for physical theray.
....or if they were talking to someone at 'the tire store' notifying them of their intentions. Of course, reiterating "tire store" to the "tire store" personnel is unnecessary, but not incorrect.
Havorine mortor oil.
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obsticle (something that's obstructing testicles?)
obsticle (something that's obstructing testicles?)
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I'm bewildered.
you guys ant typos and mispellings just click my username and go to show all posts by this user.
har!
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