They are spelled - B R A K E S
07-17-21, 09:19 AM
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They are spelled - B R A K E S
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07-17-21, 09:21 AM
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07-17-21, 09:37 AM
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This needed a thread.
OR...
Only the first letter of a sentence is capitalized.
OR...
Sentences should end with some form of punctuation, generally a period.
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When eliminating part of a word an apostrophe should be used.
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This is three minutes of my life I'll never get back.
'Nuff said.
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Only the first letter of a sentence is capitalized.
OR...
Sentences should end with some form of punctuation, generally a period.
OR...
When eliminating part of a word an apostrophe should be used.
OR...
This is three minutes of my life I'll never get back.
'Nuff said.
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07-17-21, 10:30 AM
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It's spelled "Didactic"
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07-17-21, 11:14 AM
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I've had a fear already today that I may have recently wrote b r e a k when I meant b r a k e. It's always bugged me when others do that so consistently in their posts.
Now you've got me more paranoid that I did in fact mess up!
Now you've got me more paranoid that I did in fact mess up!
07-17-21, 11:22 AM
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07-17-21, 11:29 AM
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Oh, give me a brake, fer cryin outloud.
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07-17-21, 11:37 AM
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Disk breaks are grate!
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07-17-21, 11:38 AM
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07-17-21, 12:22 PM
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07-17-21, 02:07 PM
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then vs than 
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07-17-21, 03:36 PM
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Pedants R Us!
(Though, really, a true pedant would feel the need to point out that it SHOULD BE 'We are pedants'.)
(Though, really, a true pedant would feel the need to point out that it SHOULD BE 'We are pedants'.)
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07-17-21, 03:37 PM
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Break/brake - same difference, for all intensive purposes. The pronounciations are the same. I could care less.
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07-17-21, 04:19 PM
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Dont you guise get tyred of these treads?
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07-17-21, 04:46 PM
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Are there brakes in between breaking, or is their bicycle not they'res to care about?
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07-17-21, 04:57 PM
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memory lane.. perhaps this will help the scintillating conversation
https://genius.com/Cat-stevens-bad-brakes-lyrics
https://genius.com/Cat-stevens-bad-brakes-lyrics
07-17-21, 05:14 PM
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07-17-21, 05:21 PM
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