Hi folks,
As Randy is inflicting :) yet another round of proof-reading on the LFS
book, I stumbled across
http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/errors.html#errors. Absolutely
wonderful examples of common English usage errors. It needs updating
though; a notable example it lacks is "he *learned* me how to drive",
althought it does catch my particular favourites of "loan vs. borrow"
and "irregardless". Also of use is the accompanying
http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/nonerrors.html.
Also, I'm not sure whether the following is just North East (England)
dialect, but it really irks me:
Peter: "He didn't go to football yesterday"
Jane: "Didn't he not?"
Now, I always thought that the "correct" response was "Did he not?" or
"Didn't he?" - the above smacks of double negative usage.
They actually do this with all negative tag questions, regardless of the
contraction being used. Has anyone else come across this particular misuse?
Matt.
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