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Sun 8 Jan 23 09:31

One for Duncan - Zero

www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/12vbByzjT1hcmFgh79f2MHw/are-you-grammatically-gormless-or-a-punctuation-perfectionist

Be honest now.

5/10 here, I freely admit I have problems with SPP - singular possession pronunciation.

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Sun 8 Jan 23 10:20

One for Duncan - sooty123

4/10, tricky business this English language.

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Sun 8 Jan 23 10:30

One for Duncan - martin aston

8/10.

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Sun 8 Jan 23 10:51

One for Duncan - Rudedog

I was going to bring up St James's road near my work which seemed to go against the answer for the Jesus question but looks like religious terms get a free ticket.

I'm sure the grammar checker on my work PC doesn't come up with same changes as some of answers.

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Sun 8 Jan 23 10:57

One for Duncan - Zero

>> www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/12vbByzjT1hcmFgh79f2MHw/are-you-grammatically-gormless-or-a-punctuation-perfectionist
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>> Be honest now.
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>> 5/10 here, I freely admit I have problems with SPP - singular possession pronunciation.

oopps Maybe that should be SPG - singular possession gramma

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Sun 8 Jan 23 11:14

One for Duncan - smokie

SWMBO seems to know her stuff on these and said some are wrong, or at least ambiguous.

Looking forward to Duncan's (maybe Duncans, Duncans' LOL) opinion.

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Sun 8 Jan 23 13:31

One for Duncan - Dog

6/10

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Sun 8 Jan 23 13:34

One for Duncan - zippy

>> 6/10
>>

Ditto

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Sun 8 Jan 23 13:40

One for Duncan - Bromptonaut

>> Ditto

And me.

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Sun 8 Jan 23 13:54

One for Duncan - tyrednemotional

...13/10...

(I'm good at maths as well)

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Sun 8 Jan 23 13:59

One for Duncan - Clk Sec

7/10 here.

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Sun 8 Jan 23 15:51

One for Duncan - Robin O'Reliant

6/10

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Sun 8 Jan 23 16:30

One for Duncan - legacylad

6/10

Better than yesterday’s standard of driving ( double tut) which was 1/10.
It’s still driveanle, hence the 1.

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Sun 8 Jan 23 18:17

One for Duncan - neiltoo

9/10, and I disagree with the one they say was wrong.

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Sun 8 Jan 23 18:54

One for Duncan - CGNorwich

Which was?

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Sun 8 Jan 23 20:06

One for Duncan - Biggles

Harris!

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Sun 8 Jan 23 20:56

One for Duncan - CGNorwich

I guess you went for Harris’ but a name ending in s takes only an apostrophe if the possessive form is not pronounced with an extra s like, for example, Socrates’ philosophy.

Last edited by: CGNorwich on Sun 8 Jan 23 at 20:56

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Sun 8 Jan 23 20:58

One for Duncan - VxFan

My score: 5 / 10

To be honest, Id thought I wood do better then that.

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Sun 8 Jan 23 21:17

One for Duncan - hjd

10/10 here

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Sun 8 Jan 23 22:39

One for Duncan - Duncan

It's really very good of you to go to all this trouble for me. I am afraid I have only just looked in to the site.

9/10. Fantastic, it said - since you ask.

Whilst we are on the subject, what do you feel about the Eton comma?

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Sun 8 Jan 23 22:58

One for Duncan - zippy

>>
>> Whilst we are on the subject, what do you feel about the Eton comma?
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I prefer Eaton Mess. :-D

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Sun 8 Jan 23 23:06

One for Duncan - zippy

>>Eaton

Doh! Eton

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Mon 9 Jan 23 07:59

One for Duncan - legacylad

I prefer eton when it’s cold

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Mon 9 Jan 23 10:26

One for Duncan - VxFan

>> I prefer eton when it’s cold

Or when hungry.

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