jgharston wrote:
Mike Tomlinson wrote:
http://failblog.org/2012/03/13/homew...chool-of-fail-
english-listen-up-internet/

I would also add "economic" vs "economical" to the ic/ical
list. There seem to be a lot of economical commentators who
don't know how daft they sound.

JGH

And the most common one that makes my hackles rise..
the use of a collective noun followed by a plural

The police force are...

The vast majority of (whatever) say

The biggest giveaway comes from Labour who use words they have read, but
patently never pronounced....


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