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Brian Miller
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Posted: 11 April 2026 at 1:04pm | IP Logged | 1 post reply
Man, I used to LOVE to diagram sentences.
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Robbie Moubert
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Posted: 11 April 2026 at 2:43pm | IP Logged | 2 post reply
One that I've noticed in recent years is people using are instead of our.
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Doug Centers
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Posted: 11 April 2026 at 4:39pm | IP Logged | 3 post reply
A favorite sentence to recite ;

"Are our hour glasses ready?"
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John Byrne

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Joined: 11 May 2005
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Posted: 11 April 2026 at 4:58pm | IP Logged | 4 post reply
This was a punctuation test:

Tom had had while Bob had had had had had had had a better effect on the teacher

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Brian ONeill
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Posted: 11 April 2026 at 8:45pm | IP Logged | 5 post reply
That that is is that that is not is not is that it it is.
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James Woodcock
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Posted: 11 April 2026 at 11:06pm | IP Logged | 6 post reply
I used to know one about a sign maker
Please remove and and and and add and not and and and
I knew a friend from Ghana whose mother drilled into him ‘I ask for an axe,
not axe for an axe’.

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Steven Myers
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Posted: 12 April 2026 at 1:37am | IP Logged | 7 post reply
I don't mind "no problem", but I don't like being told "have a good one" by store and restaurant employees. Seems too casual. Am I getting old??
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John Byrne

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Posted: 12 April 2026 at 3:16am | IP Logged | 8 post reply
I occasionally counter “have a good one” by suggesting the speaker say “hope you have a good one.”

Less pressure.

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