tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7016400435180135929.post5020396471752697585..comments2023-10-11T11:58:41.235+01:00Comments on KAREN'S CURIOSITY CORNER: Word BugbearsKarenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09284082835424987769noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7016400435180135929.post-69206420293625713782007-07-04T13:24:00.000+01:002007-07-04T13:24:00.000+01:00Oh yeah that would be really annoying!Oh yeah that would be really annoying!Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09284082835424987769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7016400435180135929.post-49709052884039171182007-07-02T19:55:00.000+01:002007-07-02T19:55:00.000+01:00People who offer complimentary therapies that it t...People who offer complimentary therapies that it turns out they expect you to pay for!Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01240260047781510027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7016400435180135929.post-76060055051148896162007-06-26T12:51:00.000+01:002007-06-26T12:51:00.000+01:00I think the "power(s) of attorney(s) thing bugs me...I think the "power(s) of attorney(s) thing bugs me as I'm a secretary and i know the correct way but a clerk didn't.Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09284082835424987769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7016400435180135929.post-3641467407664107972007-06-25T13:20:00.000+01:002007-06-25T13:20:00.000+01:00haha just trying to annoy you!!haha just trying to annoy you!!Gillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13379877200876051274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7016400435180135929.post-11887840582289392882007-06-25T13:05:00.000+01:002007-06-25T13:05:00.000+01:00surely you mean whose mother! i can't explain what...surely you mean <I>whose</I> mother! i can't explain what it is that makes it annoying.Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09284082835424987769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7016400435180135929.post-23603511917717126112007-06-25T09:48:00.000+01:002007-06-25T09:48:00.000+01:00Well I can see that if it is your job to correct t...Well I can see that if it is your job to correct things then you would have to do it in that context- but I still don't understand why it makes people so incensed. ok -it's a grammatical mistake made by somebody who's life consists of delivering and emptying toilets but why does it cause such annoyance?? am I missing something?Gillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13379877200876051274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7016400435180135929.post-33665353733781950712007-06-23T23:56:00.000+01:002007-06-23T23:56:00.000+01:00Gill, itchy apostrophe disease bugs me chronically...Gill, itchy apostrophe disease bugs me chronically - possibly because I spent a fair bit of my life proofreading, therefore things like that make me <I>cringe</I>.Mutterings and Meanderingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01384198819878227966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7016400435180135929.post-60170229577588535332007-06-22T08:28:00.000+01:002007-06-22T08:28:00.000+01:00I can't think of anything- little things like that...I can't think of anything- little things like that don't really annoy me. If I woke up to a world where there were no loo's or photo's orange's or apple's then I would know I had travelled into a parallel universe. <BR/><BR/>I know these things upset some people but I really don't understand it-perhaps you could explain??Gillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13379877200876051274noreply@blogger.com