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Brian Miller
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Posted: 11 April 2026 at 1:04pm \| IP Logged \| 1	post reply

Man, I used to LOVE to diagram sentences.

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Robbie Moubert
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Posted: 11 April 2026 at 2:43pm \| IP Logged \| 2	post reply

One that I've noticed in recent years is people using are instead of our.

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Doug Centers
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Posted: 11 April 2026 at 4:39pm \| IP Logged \| 3	post reply

A favorite sentence to recite ;

"Are our hour glasses ready?"

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John Byrne
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Posted: 11 April 2026 at 4:58pm \| IP Logged \| 4	post reply

This was a punctuation test:

Tom had had while Bob had had had had had had had a better effect on the teacher

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Brian ONeill
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Posted: 11 April 2026 at 8:45pm \| IP Logged \| 5	post reply

That that is is that that is not is not is that it it is.

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James Woodcock
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Posted: 11 April 2026 at 11:06pm \| IP Logged \| 6	post reply

I used to know one about a sign maker
Please remove and and and and add and not and and and
I knew a friend from Ghana whose mother drilled into him ‘I ask for an axe,
not axe for an axe’.

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Steven Myers
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Posted: 12 April 2026 at 1:37am \| IP Logged \| 7	post reply

I don't mind "no problem", but I don't like being told "have a good one" by store and restaurant employees. Seems too casual. Am I getting old??

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