Words

And aren't you right!

Welcome, IdaMae! Enjoy pedants' corner and the rest of GN. (Note apostrophe in the right place!)

Welcome, IdaMae!
Yes, it has been mentioned already, along with many other instances of bad grammar which crop up all too regularly these days.
Have a look at the Pedants' Corner list on the Forums page and you'll be able to add your moans to whichever thread suits you!

I do agree that one grates on me too! as does fed up of!

Welcome fellow pedant.

Welcome Ida Is that an other americanism? They are creaping in everywhere.

Sh! (whispering) I have to say that I am glad the England is out of the Euro thingy as that will probably mean I'll hear fewer mentions on the news of what England (singular noun) are(plural verb) doing. Of course it won't stop them talking about the Government are…

Many Americans say "different than".

You'd never say 'I differ to you' or 'I differ than you'. Ergo: 'different from'.

That's a good way of showing the difference between the right construction and the wrong one, anno

Thanks Bags - I often wonder if any of these nuggets of advice sank into any of my students!

They would have sunk into me if I'd been one of them

I wish you had been, Bags! Mind you, I did have a pretty nice succession of well motivated mature students. It was the reluctant teenagers that got up my nose!

I remember it by thinking that 'different' has an 'f' in it as does 'from'!