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Zefig wrote:This is a spruce. This particular one does not, in all likelihood, contain any models or wargaming miniatures.

You mean they don't grow on trees?

My #1 peeve is "of" instead of "have": "I could of..."

Almost as annoying are all the F-word alternatives: fething, frakking, freaking, fricking, frigging, etc.

Say what you mean, mean what you say...


Finally, there's the sheer, gross, ignorance of people like my brother-in-law who once asked me how many pixie-cells my monitor has.

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And, of course, it's always nice to see lightening bolts...
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Howard A Treesong wrote:Similarly, even eBay suffers from dreadful spelling. Simply type "Warhammer" into the search and check the catagories...


You're going to kick yourself... ... categories
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Kilkrazy wrote:Don't be silly, that's Ablative case!


Please! Clearly the dative in this instance.
 
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