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KITCHEN SINK DRAMA? from kendrive ^Pro 129 days old

The pedant in me is working again. What do you call the thing in the bathroom that you wash your hands in - a 'sink' or a 'basin' ? I say 'basin' ...

TILL from kendrive ^Pro 1200 days old

I was walking past a shop yesterday evening and noticed a sign on the door - "Closed till further notice". It jarred with me as I would have worded ...

DOES IT MATTER? from kendrive ^Pro 1219 days old

Today I am in my grumpy old pedant mode, with two minor rants: (1) The "Daily Telegraph" seldom has grammatical errors, but I question this headline ...

BAD GRAMMAR? from kendrive ^Pro 1359 days old

Does anyone else find anything wrong with the following? "Did you know? An essential part of your natural defences are the good bacteria in your gut" (Voiceover ...

I'M AT IT AGAIN from kendrive ^Pro 1433 days old

BACK TO THINGS THAT NIGGLE ME. Why do people say "Outside of", when simply "outside" is sufficient? "The road is blocked outside of the Royal Albert ...

Revolting Pedants from kendrive ^Pro 1582 days old

[ ... ] The Pedant's Revolt = the revolt of a single pedant. The Pedants' Revolt = the revolt of more than one pedant. Is there any cure for our ...

THE PEDANT from kendrive ^Pro 1589 days old

RULES OF WRITING 1. Verbs HAS to agree with their subjects. 2. Prepositions are not words to end sentences with. 3. And don't start a sentence with ...