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Courage Wolf: Write “Could Of” or “Would Of.” I Dare You.

Courage Wolf: "Write 'could of' or 'should of.' I dare you!"

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Ironic Quotes

Quotes denoting "irony": y u no used sparingly in student papers?

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Commonly Misused Words: ALL RIGHT and (Slang) ALRIGHT

Philosoraptor: If it's almost, already, always, and altogether, why is it all right to say "alright" is slang?

Business Cat: "All Right" = 283,000,000; "Alright" = 168,000,000 Google Hits; Trust Google (This Time)

English Error Echidna: All Right, Already; It May Look Awkward, But "All Right" is All Right

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Commonly Misused Words: THAN and THEN

Forever Alone Would Rather Cuddle Than Make Love; No, I Meant THEN

Hipster Kitty: My Ironic Misuse of Than / Then Means I'm Way Hipper Then You

Success Kid Finally Learned THAN / THEN

 

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Hyperbole and a Half: The Alot is Better Than You at Everything

The Alot is an imaginary creature that I made up to help me deal with my compulsive need to correct other people’s grammar. It kind of looks like a cross between a bear, a yak and a pug, and it has provided hours of entertainment for me in a situation where I’d normally be left [...]

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Commonly Misused Words: ITS and IT’S

Annoying Facebook Girl Feels Left Out When It's a Proofreading Joke

Socially Awkward Penguin Wrote "Its My Best Subject" In It's Application for English Tutoring Job

OCD Otter: Its = "belonging to it"; it's = "it is"; it's could also mean "it has"

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