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		<title>By: acroamatic</title>
		<link>http://deadpoetscave.com/2007/07/pet-peeves/comment-page-1/#comment-16614</link>
		<dc:creator>acroamatic</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jul 2007 02:01:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Oh my, I&#039;ve unleashed a monster!

Maybe we should continue what &lt;a href=&quot;http://poblemengrish.blogspot.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;these guys started&lt;/a&gt;. I found out about them through a segment on Radio Singapore International. Shortly after they were featured, they stopped updating!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Oh my, I&#8217;ve unleashed a monster!</p>
<p>Maybe we should continue what <a href="http://poblemengrish.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">these guys started</a>. I found out about them through a segment on Radio Singapore International. Shortly after they were featured, they stopped updating!</p>
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		<title>By: Priscilla</title>
		<link>http://deadpoetscave.com/2007/07/pet-peeves/comment-page-1/#comment-16613</link>
		<dc:creator>Priscilla</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jul 2007 15:15:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>oh another one - truncation of words.

most people just don&#039;t know the difference between it&#039;s and its. and why cheap cd&#039;s / cheap pizza&#039;s is wrong.

and what&#039;s with people pronuncing don&#039;t as donch?? the acjc school principal used to say donch all the time and she never understood(ed) why everyone started sniggering whenever she said donch. of course, her exclaiming &quot;i donch understand why you all are laughing&quot; didn&#039;t help either.

yarrh! i&#039;m turning into a grammar/vocab/punctuation nazi!

&#039;at the end of the day&#039; is like a feng1 he2 ri4 li4 to me - overused and a typical trait of chao muggers memorising model essays to get good grades.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>oh another one &#8211; truncation of words.</p>
<p>most people just don&#8217;t know the difference between it&#8217;s and its. and why cheap cd&#8217;s / cheap pizza&#8217;s is wrong.</p>
<p>and what&#8217;s with people pronuncing don&#8217;t as donch?? the acjc school principal used to say donch all the time and she never understood(ed) why everyone started sniggering whenever she said donch. of course, her exclaiming &#8220;i donch understand why you all are laughing&#8221; didn&#8217;t help either.</p>
<p>yarrh! i&#8217;m turning into a grammar/vocab/punctuation nazi!</p>
<p>&#8216;at the end of the day&#8217; is like a feng1 he2 ri4 li4 to me &#8211; overused and a typical trait of chao muggers memorising model essays to get good grades.</p>
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		<title>By: Patricea</title>
		<link>http://deadpoetscave.com/2007/07/pet-peeves/comment-page-1/#comment-16605</link>
		<dc:creator>Patricea</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jul 2007 11:15:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>how about &#039;till&#039; and &#039;until&#039;; &#039;into&#039; and &#039;in to&#039;?
(I had to take part in this one!)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>how about &#8217;till&#8217; and &#8216;until&#8217;; &#8216;into&#8217; and &#8216;in to&#8217;?<br />
(I had to take part in this one!)</p>
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		<title>By: acroamatic</title>
		<link>http://deadpoetscave.com/2007/07/pet-peeves/comment-page-1/#comment-16604</link>
		<dc:creator>acroamatic</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jul 2007 14:26:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;strong&gt;@ Priscilla&lt;/strong&gt; Understooded seems to be more playful than deliberate. I&#039;ve not heard anyone use it when they meant understood.

Did you know that my flat will be undergoing lift &lt;em&gt;upgrading&lt;/em&gt; soon? =P

&lt;strong&gt;@ Chun See&lt;/strong&gt; You&#039;ve discovered my weakness. I can&#039;t explain the rules! Let me try...

If you say something is unique, then there is nothing like it. So, you can&#039;t qualify its uniqueness.

You&#039;ve got me on &quot;integral part of&quot;. I googled it and found that it is common. Merriam-Webster Dictionary&#039;s example of the use of integral &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?va=integral&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;includes this phrase&lt;/a&gt;. I found a BBC article which &lt;a href=&quot;http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6097344.stm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;uses &quot;integral part of&quot;&lt;/a&gt; too. What is wrong with it?

At the end of the day - that&#039;s just cliche.

Victor, you and I (or is that &#039;You, Victor and I?) should start an English language blog, highlighting common grammar and spelling mistakes.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>@ Priscilla</strong> Understooded seems to be more playful than deliberate. I&#8217;ve not heard anyone use it when they meant understood.</p>
<p>Did you know that my flat will be undergoing lift <em>upgrading</em> soon? =P</p>
<p><strong>@ Chun See</strong> You&#8217;ve discovered my weakness. I can&#8217;t explain the rules! Let me try&#8230;</p>
<p>If you say something is unique, then there is nothing like it. So, you can&#8217;t qualify its uniqueness.</p>
<p>You&#8217;ve got me on &#8220;integral part of&#8221;. I googled it and found that it is common. Merriam-Webster Dictionary&#8217;s example of the use of integral <a href="http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?va=integral" rel="nofollow">includes this phrase</a>. I found a BBC article which <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6097344.stm" rel="nofollow">uses &#8220;integral part of&#8221;</a> too. What is wrong with it?</p>
<p>At the end of the day &#8211; that&#8217;s just cliche.</p>
<p>Victor, you and I (or is that &#8216;You, Victor and I?) should start an English language blog, highlighting common grammar and spelling mistakes.</p>
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		<title>By: Lam Chun See</title>
		<link>http://deadpoetscave.com/2007/07/pet-peeves/comment-page-1/#comment-16602</link>
		<dc:creator>Lam Chun See</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jul 2007 06:28:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>My pet peeve: At the end of the day. Just watch how many minister uses it.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>My pet peeve: At the end of the day. Just watch how many minister uses it.</p>
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		<title>By: Lam Chun See</title>
		<link>http://deadpoetscave.com/2007/07/pet-peeves/comment-page-1/#comment-16601</link>
		<dc:creator>Lam Chun See</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jul 2007 06:26:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>What&#039;s wrong with these 2 phrases?

Very unique or quite uniqe.
Integral part of.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What&#8217;s wrong with these 2 phrases?</p>
<p>Very unique or quite uniqe.<br />
Integral part of.</p>
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		<title>By: Priscilla</title>
		<link>http://deadpoetscave.com/2007/07/pet-peeves/comment-page-1/#comment-16599</link>
		<dc:creator>Priscilla</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jul 2007 15:44:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>what about understooded? or understooded(ded)!?

i could not take it when EVERYONE was using &quot;upgrade&quot; when the garmen started using that buzz word to do up HDB flats. OMG even the macdonalds auntie/uncle started asking me whether i wanted to upgrade my value meal. that was the last straw.

uncle! auntie! don&#039;t get your vocab from garmen can??</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>what about understooded? or understooded(ded)!?</p>
<p>i could not take it when EVERYONE was using &#8220;upgrade&#8221; when the garmen started using that buzz word to do up HDB flats. OMG even the macdonalds auntie/uncle started asking me whether i wanted to upgrade my value meal. that was the last straw.</p>
<p>uncle! auntie! don&#8217;t get your vocab from garmen can??</p>
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		<title>By: acroamatic</title>
		<link>http://deadpoetscave.com/2007/07/pet-peeves/comment-page-1/#comment-16598</link>
		<dc:creator>acroamatic</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jul 2007 15:10:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>*gasp* I think Siva said &quot;double confirm&quot; during Pasir Panjang Guides refresher.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>*gasp* I think Siva said &#8220;double confirm&#8221; during Pasir Panjang Guides refresher.</p>
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