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Originally Posted by calvin-c
You mean an apostrophe, don't you? You've also mentioned a few of the most commonly confused words in English. My pet peeve is when people misuse words that aren't commonly confused-like 'serviced' rather than 'served'. Having been raised on a farm I *know* what 'serviced' means & while there are a few organizations that do 'service' their customers IMO I doubt if any of them actually want to boast about it.
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I was just reading an indie novel that kept describing the action of putting an arrow to a bow as "notching" the arrow. I felt a little shiver in my spine each time.