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[–] jaspersgroove@lemm.ee 10 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Why does everyone write peaks when they mean peeks and peeks when they mean peaks. I see this far too consistently to believe the cause of it is anything less than a grand conspiracy.

[–] SendMePhotos@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago (3 children)

OH! I was wondering wtf they were saying. Dude I didn't get it.

The other one that bothers me is "try and" instead of "try to." for some reason it really gets to me.

[–] jaspersgroove@lemm.ee 4 points 4 months ago

Heaven help you if you ever run into a situation where “piqued” is contextually appropriate.

Lose and loose as well…and cue/que/queue, and dozens of others

[–] idiomaddict@feddit.de 2 points 4 months ago

That’s pretty similar to: “I’ll go and do something“ instead of “I’ll go do something.“ I wonder if there are other examples.

[–] FlightyPenguin@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

I love the Strunk and White style guide that says, "try and 'try to'". Very tongue-in-grammatical-cheek.