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Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog 
Sorry but according to the Oxford English Dictionary ‘irregardless’ not only is a word it has been in use for over a hundred years. However it is rarely used correctly and is considered non standard English.
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There are two issues in the above table, American English ie could care less, and English, plus grammar, the rest of the points.
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I got a kick out of the body language table. Thanks. To be fair, though, ‘affect’ can be a noun and ‘effect’ can be a verb—which is perhaps why so many people tend to get them mixed up.
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Thanks for that Laura 😀
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Reblogged this on theowlladyblog.
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I agree with the top ten errors except one. “Effect” can be a verb, as in “to effect a change.” Here what Dictionary.com says:
verb (used with object)
10. to produce as an effect; bring about; accomplish; make happen: The new machines finally effected the transition to computerized accounting last spring.
And “affect” can be a noun – a psychological term for a feeling or emotion.
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Thanks for the clarification Lorinda 😀
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Reblogged this on Author P.S. Bartlett and commented:
Sharing the good stuff! Thank you for sharing this Chris!
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Thanks PS 😀
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Reblogged this on Have We Had Help? and commented:
Things that can and do confuse…
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Thanks Jack 😀
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My pleasure 🙂
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Those grammar corrections reminds me of the days when I used to teach English at high school. The list of frequent mistakes was much longer and my aim was always to make them aware of what they were writing so that they would self correct.
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These are excellent, Chris. One of my pet peeves is when people say, ‘i could care less’ argh!
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Chris – thanks! I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard even Ivy League types say: I could care less! They would not listen to me correcting them either — because I am Indian and their egos would not permit them to believe I could know better English…great tips as usual!
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While working in the Middle East, english speaking Indians I met all spoke better (and more correct) english than most British people.
The only problem I had sometimes was that they spoke it faster than my ears and brain could follow it – this is because I have tinnitus that masks certain pitches in speech.
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Yes, Indians speak rapidly…and swallow a lot of their words as well…not to mention the range of accents! Which makes even good English hard to follow. However there is a large segment of the Indian pop that has excellent English. My parents loved the language, fortunately, and insisted we spoke it at home. Unfortunately I did not get to learn Indian languages!
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