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12-30-2009, 12:32 AM

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chopsui

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How do you know they do have a diploma? You would of been assuming..........

Your write.

12-30-2009, 12:42 AM

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I no.

12-30-2009, 01:19 AM

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Someone must have been really board to come up with all of those.

The then/than thing is that one that really pisses me off.

12-30-2009, 01:22 AM

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Someone must have been really board to come up with all of those.

The then/than thing is that one that really pisses me off.

Than you can stay away if you don't like it..........

12-30-2009, 07:02 AM

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Needs to be stickied at cr.net

I always wanted to see a set of instructional videos on youtube explaining the difference between these words, only done in the same style as the paperboy scene in "Moving":

12-30-2009, 09:53 AM

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"Now write it out a hundred times. If it's not done by sunrise I'll cut your ***** off."

12-30-2009, 10:34 AM

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My girlfriend, an english teacher, will love this.

12-30-2009, 10:42 AM

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My girlfriend, an english teacher, will love this.

*English. Proper nouns get capitalized in English

The post needs to add sell/sale for total win, though.

12-30-2009, 11:26 AM

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and decent & descent

and advice & advise

12-30-2009, 11:42 AM

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and decent & descent

and advice & advise

descent was a decent video game

12-30-2009, 01:41 PM

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descent was a decent video game

I would advice you not to make statements like that around here if you want to keep you're life.....

I like this thread

12-30-2009, 02:13 PM

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Originally Posted by NA6C-Guy

I'm proud to say I get all of these right most of the time, but I still have to use Google on what should be very obvious and easy to spell words... It seems like sounding out words used to be easier to do as a child, now I sound it out and can't spell certain words right to save my life.

necissary... ****!
neccissary... ****!
neccesary... god damn it!
neccisary... mother ******!
necassary... HOW THE **** DO YOU SPELL IT!?
necessary... There, finally. ****!