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thesquanderer

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11. spelling pet peeves
Wed Feb 1, 2012, 06:58 AM
Feb 2012

mine are: lead instead of led, and loose instead of lose, with an honorable mention to compliment instead of complement

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Elizabeth Warren is a lady. Mitt Romney thinks he's a lord. aquart Feb 2012 #1
Warren is a normal person. mitten's a sociopath. nt Javaman Feb 2012 #13
Warren exudes class; Mitt exudes crass. ChairmanAgnostic Feb 2012 #16
Does it bug anyone else this is used as a source and has a blatant "typo"? Tunkamerica Feb 2012 #2
You see that a lot these days. I think they just spellcheck pieces and don't actually gateley Feb 2012 #3
I read that a lot of spell checking was outsourced, overnight. dixiegrrrrl Feb 2012 #9
I see more people using "reign" when "rein" is in fact called for. MADem Feb 2012 #10
Oh my! The Doctor. Feb 2012 #23
spelling pet peeves thesquanderer Feb 2012 #11
Yes -- spellcheck would let these slip through since they're both spelled correctly. nt gateley Feb 2012 #19
Oh yeah? $10,000 bet? ashling Feb 2012 #5
? Tunkamerica Feb 2012 #8
YES! abelenkpe Feb 2012 #20
Warren wants to help those less fortunate than she. Romney just wants to be POTUS. nt gateley Feb 2012 #4
And cut his own taxes. daleanime Feb 2012 #14
Post removed Post removed Feb 2012 #6
Has Elizabeth Warren released her tax returns? JDPriestly Feb 2012 #7
Warren worked from a fairly humble childhood. rMoney was born with a golden spoon in his mouth. geckosfeet Feb 2012 #12
I wish she was INdemo Feb 2012 #15
politicususa.com is not coming up for me. Skinner Feb 2012 #17
It's working here for me. Tx4obama Feb 2012 #21
Romney is making $54,000 per day not working just running for office. kemah Feb 2012 #18
I love Elizabeth Warren Utopian Leftist Feb 2012 #22
She'll make a great Senator for the state of Massachusetts!! Major Hogwash Feb 2012 #24
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