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To: Republican Wildcat

“fiancé”

fiancé?

Gay?

Female would be fiancée.


4 posted on 02/22/2019 6:45:22 PM PST by spel_grammer_an_punct_polise (Note to all foreigners: GET OUT and STAY OUT!)
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To: spel_grammer_an_punct_polise

Looks like the article writer messed that up.

I never knew there was a difference until you pointed that out.


7 posted on 02/22/2019 6:48:25 PM PST by Republican Wildcat
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To: spel_grammer_an_punct_polise
We in the logic police know that nowadays it's usually safer to assume ignorance of spelling, grammar, and punctuation rules.
8 posted on 02/22/2019 6:51:21 PM PST by x
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To: spel_grammer_an_punct_polise

Probably written by a modern “journalist” educated in American schools.

Wouldn’t the correct term these days be “partner to be”?


13 posted on 02/22/2019 6:57:30 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: spel_grammer_an_punct_polise

http://radaronline.com/exclusives/2017/09/clark-gable-grandson-welcomes-baby-girl-photos-name/

The author simply misspelled it.


25 posted on 02/22/2019 7:15:34 PM PST by skr (May God confound the enemy)
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To: spel_grammer_an_punct_polise

If you are still expecting language purity in the digital age, you are in for a life of continual disappointment, bordering on outrage. The days of copy editing are dead and gone.


48 posted on 02/23/2019 10:26:06 AM PST by Albion Wilde ("Great nations do not fight endless wars." --Donald J. Trump, State of the Union speech 2019)
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