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No-noes of 1946

from “The Did You Know Book for Children and their Elders” (1946) Common Errors, etc.

That, which, what, who (1)that, which, what, who (2)–is, his–there,their–as,haswas,were–you and I/me–spelling Some grammatical and spelling difficulties

From “The Did You Know Book for Children and their Elders”, price 4½d, copyright of and printed by Storey, Evans & Co Ltd of Leeds, for Haverstock Publishers Ltd of Fleet Street, London EC4.

January 7, 2008 Posted by dadge | historical | | No Comments Yet

No-noes of 1929

from “The New Vimto Book for Scholars” (1929)

Just a small sample of what were considered to be typical mistakes 80 years ago, from “The New Vimto Book for Scholars”.

September 28, 2007 Posted by dadge | historical | | No Comments Yet