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Language Pet Peeve
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RE: Language Pet Peeve
My ears hurt every time I hear "I've got..." or "We've got..." If you take out the contractions those read as "I have got..." and "We have got..." You either have something or you got it, not both.
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Language Pet Peeve - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - February 12, 2017 at 8:36 pm
RE: Language Pet Peeve - by Astreja - February 12, 2017 at 8:39 pm
RE: Language Pet Peeve - by The Valkyrie - February 12, 2017 at 8:39 pm
RE: Language Pet Peeve - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - February 12, 2017 at 8:42 pm
RE: Language Pet Peeve - by The Valkyrie - February 12, 2017 at 9:11 pm
RE: Language Pet Peeve - by Edwardo Piet - February 15, 2017 at 3:30 pm
RE: Language Pet Peeve - by Thumpalumpacus - February 12, 2017 at 9:04 pm
RE: Language Pet Peeve - by vorlon13 - February 12, 2017 at 9:45 pm
RE: Language Pet Peeve - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - February 12, 2017 at 9:54 pm
RE: Language Pet Peeve - by vorlon13 - February 12, 2017 at 9:55 pm
RE: Language Pet Peeve - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - February 12, 2017 at 9:56 pm
RE: Language Pet Peeve - by ignoramus - February 12, 2017 at 9:59 pm
RE: Language Pet Peeve - by c172 - February 12, 2017 at 10:43 pm
RE: Language Pet Peeve - by ErGingerbreadMandude - February 12, 2017 at 10:48 pm
RE: Language Pet Peeve - by ignoramus - February 12, 2017 at 10:50 pm
RE: Language Pet Peeve - by Alex K - February 13, 2017 at 11:20 am
RE: Language Pet Peeve - by Whateverist - February 13, 2017 at 12:54 pm
RE: Language Pet Peeve - by Neo-Scholastic - February 13, 2017 at 1:35 pm
RE: Language Pet Peeve - by I_am_not_mafia - February 13, 2017 at 1:37 pm
RE: Language Pet Peeve - by Whateverist - February 13, 2017 at 8:30 pm
RE: Language Pet Peeve - by Thumpalumpacus - February 13, 2017 at 9:39 pm
RE: Language Pet Peeve - by Drich - February 13, 2017 at 4:52 pm
RE: Language Pet Peeve - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - February 13, 2017 at 5:17 pm
RE: Language Pet Peeve - by Assimilate - February 13, 2017 at 8:14 pm
RE: Language Pet Peeve - by c172 - February 13, 2017 at 8:36 pm
RE: Language Pet Peeve - by ignoramus - February 13, 2017 at 9:32 pm
RE: Language Pet Peeve - by The Valkyrie - February 15, 2017 at 3:12 pm
RE: Language Pet Peeve - by HairyCyclist - February 14, 2017 at 5:44 am
RE: Language Pet Peeve - by downbeatplumb - February 14, 2017 at 5:47 am
RE: Language Pet Peeve - by ignoramus - February 14, 2017 at 5:50 am
RE: Language Pet Peeve - by Neo-Scholastic - February 15, 2017 at 2:08 pm
RE: Language Pet Peeve - by SteelCurtain - February 15, 2017 at 2:29 pm
RE: Language Pet Peeve - by Chas - February 15, 2017 at 6:08 pm
RE: Language Pet Peeve - by Cyberman - February 15, 2017 at 6:47 pm
RE: Language Pet Peeve - by Edwardo Piet - February 16, 2017 at 11:19 am
RE: Language Pet Peeve - by HairyCyclist - February 15, 2017 at 7:10 pm
RE: Language Pet Peeve - by Cyberman - February 15, 2017 at 7:14 pm
RE: Language Pet Peeve - by The Valkyrie - February 15, 2017 at 7:42 pm
RE: Language Pet Peeve - by ignoramus - February 15, 2017 at 7:47 pm
RE: Language Pet Peeve - by The Valkyrie - February 15, 2017 at 7:48 pm
RE: Language Pet Peeve - by Rhondazvous - February 15, 2017 at 7:56 pm
RE: Language Pet Peeve - by Rhondazvous - February 15, 2017 at 7:47 pm
RE: Language Pet Peeve - by Cyberman - February 15, 2017 at 8:17 pm
RE: Language Pet Peeve - by ignoramus - February 15, 2017 at 8:58 pm
RE: Language Pet Peeve - by Angrboda - February 15, 2017 at 10:28 pm
RE: Language Pet Peeve - by Seraphina - February 15, 2017 at 10:29 pm
RE: Language Pet Peeve - by Cyberman - February 15, 2017 at 10:35 pm
RE: Language Pet Peeve - by Regina - February 16, 2017 at 12:39 am
RE: Language Pet Peeve - by Cyberman - February 16, 2017 at 1:18 am
RE: Language Pet Peeve - by ignoramus - February 16, 2017 at 1:53 am
RE: Language Pet Peeve - by Alex K - February 16, 2017 at 2:11 am
RE: Language Pet Peeve - by paulpablo - February 16, 2017 at 2:38 am
RE: Language Pet Peeve - by Alex K - February 16, 2017 at 6:54 am
RE: Language Pet Peeve - by paulpablo - February 16, 2017 at 8:39 am
RE: Language Pet Peeve - by HairyCyclist - February 16, 2017 at 5:15 am
RE: Language Pet Peeve - by Cyberman - February 16, 2017 at 6:39 am
RE: Language Pet Peeve - by Alex K - February 16, 2017 at 6:56 am
RE: Language Pet Peeve - by Cyberman - February 16, 2017 at 6:56 am
RE: Language Pet Peeve - by Cyberman - February 16, 2017 at 6:59 am

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