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Picking oakum

13 Esspee

"Virtual Conservative Party Conference"??

6 Lucca

Preview conversation vs Post conversation

25 sodapop

For anyone who can read braille...

4 NotSpaghetti

Back in...

16 Kate54

Carluccio’s

10 marshmarigold132

Sayings that get muddled

42 LullyDully

Hyperbolic Boris

13 grumppa

myself yourself

15 grannyticktock

The disappearing past tense

25 grumppa

What a difference a comma (or lack of) can make! ?

24 CanadianGran

uptick

13 Riverwalk

Get go

10 Bathsheba

Grumpy old woman

47 Antonia

A shocker from our MP! (NB, for pedants only!)

90 MaizieD

Narcissism / narcissistic - labelling

65 Fennel

The problem with pedantry (light-hearted)

49 Whitewavemark2

Stripy or stripey anyone ?

30 Callistemon

Does anyone proof-read TV documentary scripts?

7 grandtanteJE65

Time for spelling to be updated.

9 Petera

Donald Trump JR. as uneducated as his father!

16 GillT57

Mandatory, Obligatory, Compulsory

10 suziewoozie

Made up words

9 Riverwalk

Its and it's

38 Wheniwasyourage

a hotel, an hotel or A hotel

54 Bellanonna

Attention all pedants

9 Septimia

‘You Know’

16 Jane10

No, Kirstie, it isnt!

18 Lucca

Not quite Pedants Corner, but perhaps worth a ponder?

32 Nortsat

Graham Norton’s Holding - help please .

22 MissTree

‘I WOULD SAY’! It’s just so silly.

165 sodapop

Lurkers' Week: What common misspelling drives you crazy?

60 Oldwoman70

Headline writers

7 sodapop

Ramp off!

20 H1954

Meghan & Harry's long, long, long goodbye......

48 ExD

Aitch, NOT Haitch please!!!

80 sodapop

'Cupcake' instead of fairy cake or bun

101 FirstSpringFlower

Me NOT I!

7 Alexa

"of" for "have" ?

25 annodomini

Burqa or niqab- why can’t people get it right?

114 Trisha57

There, their, they're

9 Lucca

AIBU in thinking emails from a company should be spelled correctly?

76 Mollygo

Egregious

6 SueDonim

Shouting at the TV!

9 sodapop

Me and my language: I just don't understand it!

33 carolmary

Wellness

50 rosenoir

Remediated

14 Yehbutnobut

Apostrophes

53 Callistemon

It's three hours from here...

17 Farmor15

Wadio Free

10 Sparklefizz