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Here’s a tricky verb. “Lay” is the correct past tense of “lie.”

Submitted by Pheasance from a Red Cross mailing.

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Someone should teach the library media specialist a “lessen” about trusting spell-checkers.

Posted by Thomas, from a letter sent to parents of elementary school students.

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I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again, “Why can’t
people understand that the apostrophe is for showing possession, not
plurals?” Also note different spelling used on banner in background. At least pick one and be consistent!

Photo by Lilia in Vancouver, BC, June 28, 2005.

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Have you ever noticed that people in England and Canada always, and I mean always, misspell words like “center” and “theater”? Crazy foreigners.

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