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Old 01-03-2016, 01:32 PM
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Krystyna
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My personal annoyance is SELVAGE (Noun -the edge of woven fabric finished so as to prevent raveling, often in a narrow tape effect, different from the body of the fabric v. SALVAGE (Verb - to save goods from damage or destruction, especially from a ship that has sunk or been)

Originally Posted by maviskw
Those misspellings bother me also. Like there and their, to and too and two, here and hear, bear and bare; there are lots more. Too many people don't really know the difference. And as a teacher, I just want to reach for my red pencil. LOL
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