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Hehe, I suddenly wondered whether or not anyone has heard 'IMO' said out loud. Probably.

Maybe his friend's name is actually Alec and he's waiting to go to Alec's place and got confused :)

Fair enough, but shouldn't he then the Hero of your dreams? :p

:confused: Isn't 'dad' just a noun in this case, because you used 'my'? It's not a replacement for your dad's name in this case. I'm not sure if you saw my previous post about 'mum' and 'dad'.

That's not as bad as "Win a free phone!". Why would I care about winning something that's already free? If they actually meant "Win a valuable phone!", then ofcourse it's free if you win it!

What about "Westpac effected a rate rise of 0.45%". Is that correct?

Apparently Tiger is a bit of an exhibitionist... Most people have affairs in secret, not on NBC's Today show. It's also not clear from the headline which one of the two women mentioned is the one who had the affair, and which one is the interviewer. Strangely enough it wasn't mentioned in...

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Um neither. It should be "three-year-old child" :)

That reminds me of another source of confusion for some people: capitalisation for Mum and Dad... Yesterday, my mum and my dad visited me. (In this case 'mum' and 'dad' are nouns) vs Yesterday, Mum and Dad visited me. (In this case 'Mum' and 'Dad' are names)

Hehe, this example is way funnier: Living off 2 minute noodles is a lot different than living off 2-minute noodles.

Is she Korean? My wife has made the same mistake a few times. Except it's normally when she's 'swearing' so I just laugh and tell her to stop swearing when she comes home from the gym.

Well, I wasn't going to point it out, but you're asking for it... This is what I was just talking about earlier:

I was just reading another thread on this forum and realised there's something else that gets me from time to time: unhyphenated adjectives. A man eating tiger is a lot different from a man-eating tiger. A discussion like this one usually leads me to recommend the following web page...

I sincerely hope you were being sarcastic with this one GP.

Julie, I avoid plaque as much as possible, but I can't help myself when it comes to quiches.

Haha, that reminds me; My best friend growing up always 'et' his food.

You mean like donut? I haven't seen the word doughnut written anywhere since I was about 8 or 9, I think.

Yes, when people use 'then' rather than 'than', then use 'than' rather than 'then'. eg. If you're smart than I'm smarter then you! :rolleyes: