Common errors

Oberon said:

I just ran across this site, don't know whether it's been posted before. May be useful. I haven't checked it for accuracy, but assume it is.
http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/errors.html#errors

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I took a look. Found a phrase that always bugs me -- could care less. I know it's wrong so I clicked on it. A new screen popped up to tell me the phrase is wrong. It went on to explain why.

I think some people should use that site regularly.

Fun stuff

I visited the site and agree with Carmy.

For instance, Carmy lives in the wilds of Canada, yet the site maintains she's my fellow American. It even made clear that although the term Branta canadensis is Canada goose, not Canadian goose, Carmy is a Canadian writer. Go figure.

A lot (not allot or alot) of quick education resides in Paul Brians's book and calendar.

LOL

Now all I have to figure out is which version of English I'm going to use. Canadian English seems to be a mish-mash of US and UK English, and I never get it right. So I stick to the English I learned at a Welsh school.

Confused yet?