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		<title>Common English Language Mistakes that Make You Appear Common</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 17:26:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom O'Leary</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[English isn&#8217;t the easiest language to master. In fact, it can be very confusing for someone learning to speak it as a second language. Just consider the following sentence:
Since there is no time like the present, she thought it was time to present her present. WTF?
That said, there are some common mistakes made which are [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>English isn&#8217;t the easiest language to master. In fact, it can be very confusing for someone learning to speak it as a second language. Just consider the following sentence:</p>
<p>Since there is no time like the present, she thought it was time to present her present. WTF?</p>
<p>That said, there are some common mistakes made which are perpetuated because they have become accepted as one of those &#8220;I know it&#8217;s wrong but you know what I mean&#8221; occurrences (i.e. using &#8220;nucular&#8221; instead of &#8220;nuclear.&#8221;)</p>
<p>Here are a few examples of mistakes that have been made so often that they have become unfortunately widespread in our language.</p>
<p><strong>Irregardless</strong></p>
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<p><strong>Is-Is</strong></p>
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<p><strong>The Misuse of Apostrophes</strong></p>
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		<title>The Problem is (is) and other Common Mistakes in English</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:24:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ll admit, English is not the easiest language to master. Take this sentence:
Because there&#8217;s no time like the present, Megan decides to present her present to Meredith.
WTF
Below are a few common mistakes made in the English language.
Is-Is

Irregardless

The misuse of apostrophes (&#8216;)

In fairness, who could perfect this crazy language?
When the English tongue we speak,
Why is break [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;ll admit, English is not the easiest language to master. Take this sentence:</p>
<p><em>Because there&#8217;s no time like the present, Megan decides to present her present to Meredith.</em></p>
<p><strong>WTF</strong></p>
<p>Below are a few common mistakes made in the English language.</p>
<p><strong>Is-Is</strong></p>
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<p><strong>Irregardless</strong></p>
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<p><strong>The misuse of apostrophes (&#8216;)</strong></p>
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<p>In fairness, who could perfect this crazy language?</p>
<p>When the English tongue we speak,<br />
Why is break not rhymed with freak?<br />
Will you tell me why it&#8217;s true<br />
We say sew but likewise few?<br />
And the maker of the verse,<br />
Cannot rhyme his horse with worse?<br />
Beard is not the same as heard<br />
Cord is different from word.<br />
Cow is cow but low is low<br />
Shoe is never rhymed with foe.<br />
Think of hose, dose, and lose<br />
And think of goose and yet with choose<br />
Think of comb, tomb and bomb,<br />
Doll and roll or home and some.<br />
Since pay is rhymed with say<br />
Why not paid with said I pray?<br />
Think of blood, food and good.<br />
Mould is not pronounced like could.<br />
Wherefore done, but gone and lone -<br />
Is there any reason known?<br />
To sum up all, it seems to me<br />
Sound and letters don&#8217;t agree.</p>
<p>- Lord Cromer, published in the Spectator on August 9th, 1902</p>
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