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>gotten
>off of
>could of

>> No.7939955

i could care less

>> No.7939957

>>7939951
>write you

>> No.7939969

>>7939951
>"none the less"
>"nonetheless"
>a whole nother

>> No.7939977

>had had
>needs be

>>7939957
what

>> No.7939985

>>7939951

i was so pissed off when i realised that "off of" was incorrect. it's just better

>> No.7939991

>>7939985
i think it's becoming accepted in american english.
heathens

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7940148

>>7939951
>could of gotten off of

>> No.7940154

>how it looks like
>often times
>what had happened

>> No.7940164

>aspect

>> No.7940166

>>7939985
how

>> No.7940170

>powers at be.

>> No.7940187

>>7940148
bloody hell

>> No.7940214

>>7940154
>what had happened
why is this wrong

>> No.7940219

>>7940214
Absolute negress detected

>> No.7940226
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7940226

>>7940219

Every Black QUEEN deserves a Black KING

>> No.7940229

>>7940214
You can use "what had happened", but it is never used correctly, mind you that is true of a lot of these.

>> No.7940239

How is gotten incorrect?

http://grammarist.com/usage/got-gotten/

>> No.7940251

>>7940239
it's considered obsolete in british english

>> No.7940259
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7940259

>>7939951
>colour, flavour, behaviour, harbour, honour, >humour, labour, neighbour, rumour, splendour

>> No.7940266

>>7940259
>math
>aluminum
>deplane
>burglarized
>>ized

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7940269

>>7940259

>> No.7940272

>>7940266
Burglarized is only wrong for the z. Burglarised is correct, not burgled

>> No.7940277

>>7939951
>me either

>> No.7940283

>>7940229
>when I heard her version of what had happened I reconsidered there penalty.

?????

>> No.7940285

>>7940272
>being this americanised

>burglarize (or burglarise, as it would probably be spelled if it were an accepted word in British English) is virtually nonexistent in serious contexts. Some Britons view burglarize as an American barbarism.

http://grammarist.com/usage/burgle-burglarize/

>> No.7940286

>>7940226
Black girls into swirling.

t. My black girl who is into slavery play

>> No.7940289

>>7940285
Oh okay, I stand correctized

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7940316

>>7939951
>he had gotten his share
>they had gotten the measurements right
>what has gotten into you?

>>7939957
>I will write you a letter
>He promised to write you a song.

>>7939969
>the boy who was expelled, nonetheless continued to attend school.

>>7939977
>I have had my fair share of cake
>I had had my fair share of cake

>>7940154
>he knew what had happened.

>>7940164
>he had failed to consider that aspect of the problem

>>7940266
>he was good at math


is /lit/ retarded?

>> No.7940343

>>7940316
>>the boy who was expelled, nonetheless continued to attend school.
>,

>> No.7941154

>>7940316
>the boy who was expelled, nonetheless continued to attend school
Yeah, No.
>the boy who was expelled, in spite of this continued to attend school

>> No.7941166

>>7940214
It's kind of redundant to have the word 'had' in there, isn't it? It retains the exact same meaning without it.

>> No.7941170

>>7941154
that's way worse

>> No.7941289

>>7940266
>deplane

Why would someone shoot a man before deplaning him

>> No.7941381

>>7940148
i'm triggered, i need a linguistic safe space