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What really grinds your gears?

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alpenrose
alpenrose
Aug 2020
7:40pm, 20 Aug 2020
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News reporters waving their hands around un-necessarily - so distracting.
Lip Gloss
Lip Gloss
Aug 2020
7:57pm, 20 Aug 2020
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Lip Gloss
People who can’t get lose and loose right in a sentence :-(
WA
WA
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9:26pm, 20 Aug 2020
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WA
[Haha Monty! My girls do that, like, all the time. I've like got used to it :-) ]
Rosehip
Rosehip
Aug 2020
9:01pm, 21 Aug 2020
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News presenters/correspondents who say pacific instead of specific
XB
XB
Aug 2020
9:24pm, 21 Aug 2020
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XB
And FB posters who confuse past and passed.
WA
WA
Aug 2020
9:29pm, 21 Aug 2020
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WA
And lose/ loose
compartmental
compartmental
Aug 2020
9:32pm, 21 Aug 2020
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compartmental
And except/ accept
WA
WA
Aug 2020
9:46pm, 21 Aug 2020
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WA
And of/ off
Fitz
Fitz
Aug 2020
11:08pm, 21 Aug 2020
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Fitz
Of and have, as (not) in :
Should of
Could of
Would of.

Grindage of the highest order.
WA
WA
Aug 2020
11:14pm, 21 Aug 2020
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WA
Shoulda, coulda woulda. There's a song title in there somewhere.

[Grinds my gears too]

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