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Originally Posted by HarryT
But it's surely an exception that should be taught at the earliest stages of literacy, is it not? The fact that such a large proportion of otherwise reasonably literate adults are getting it wrong (even authors!) is what baffles me, because it's such a simple thing to remember.
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It is a common exception, but the English language is an ugly language. Just plane (sic) ugly. I grew up with English so it is reasonably natural, but English is suffering some severe brain damage. Do not even get me started on contranyms or auto-antonyms.