Spell check won't tell you this is wrong
I found this somewhere on the internet, can't remember where now: someone had used the word "bought" when they clearly meant "bout." "Bout" refers to a period of some sort of activity or state: a bout of fighting, a bout of hunger, etc. It's not used much anymore (like so many useful words), so it's not surprising that people would automatically type in "bought" (the past tense form of "buy").
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Comment from: aelfheld [Visitor]
Since phonics instruction has been relegated to the dusty past, the average vocabulary has diminished.
S'all good though - the new pedagogy has ensured the little phartlings don't feel bad about being ignoramuses.
S'all good though - the new pedagogy has ensured the little phartlings don't feel bad about being ignoramuses.
09/17/09 @ 16:46
Comment from: aelfheld [Visitor]
'Phase' for 'faze' is my current annoyance.
That and people pronouncing 'temperature' as 'tempature'.
That and people pronouncing 'temperature' as 'tempature'.
10/08/09 @ 21:42
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