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In reply to the discussion: Listen up, spuds. "Wreck havoc" is not a thing [View all]LiberalAndProud
(12,799 posts)95. I gnu that. I just wanted to be post #95 on a grammar post.
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The New York Times Style Book said it goes inside and the NYT was so respected then that
merrily
Sep 2014
#133
Correct. That's a pet peeve of mine, too. I know the correct way, as you show, but
valerief
Sep 2014
#127
The other one that is like nails on the chalkboard is the incessant misuse of "free reign."
MADem
Sep 2014
#77
Or the misuse of the term "if you will", so overdone with that one
Dont call me Shirley
Sep 2014
#174
The Telegraph is probably not the place to be looking, they're hardly going to be innovative.
Spider Jerusalem
Sep 2014
#229
No time, just have a file on my desktop that I add to when I see particularly egregious examples. nt
X_Digger
Sep 2014
#190
People also need to learn the difference between "affect" and "effect"
Spider Jerusalem
Sep 2014
#52
That's right.. it's "wreak havoc".. thanks for the good ol Enlish Language reminder, radiclib
Cha
Sep 2014
#53
I was raised pronouncing it that way. My community pronounced it that way.
Luminous Animal
Sep 2014
#199
Writing for a college newspaper, I once typed 'respectfully' when I meant 'respectively'
pinboy3niner
Sep 2014
#79
Oh sure you think, your so smart. You probably the type to reply to any old gammer, eror.
Rex
Sep 2014
#94
Whinge, bespoke, aggro, anorak, bollocks, bloody, coriander, bum, aubergine, dodgy, knackered..
X_Digger
Sep 2014
#202
It used to be a thing -- wreck meant wreak until that usage began to die in the 19th century
fishwax
Sep 2014
#121
One might also "weck havoc" -- make a sandwich of it on a salted roll with caraway seeds
fishwax
Sep 2014
#123
The last time we went out to dinner, I had a havoc sandwich at a seafood restaurant.
George II
Sep 2014
#225
I used to teach for a living, but DU is not a classroom. Correcting adults in a classroom is
merrily
Sep 2014
#144
Humans are social. They learn from each other all the time in all kinds of ways.
Hissyspit
Sep 2014
#147
It appears that you have a problem with what is primarily African American vernacular.
Zorra
Sep 2014
#213
It appears you have a problem with making sweeping, uninformed, and incorrect assumptions....
George II
Sep 2014
#224
Wow, I should of knowed that. Don't loose faith. People like me still write good.
Vattel
Sep 2014
#194