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-->-- '''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'''
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->'''Amerei Frey:''' He gave them the money, but they hung him anyway.
->'''Mariya Darry:''' Hanged, Ami, not hung. Your father was not a tapestry.
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->'''Becker:''' OK, nothinG. NothinG. NOTHIIIIIIIIING. 'K, you happy?

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->'''Becker:''' OK, nothinG. NothinG.[=NothinG=]. NOTHIIIIIIIIING. 'K, you happy?
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->'''Becker:''' Whoa whoa whoa, I don't know nothin', I didn't see nothin', I didn't say nothin'.
->'''Luger:''' "Nothing". The word is "nothing", not "nothin'". There's an -ing on the end of it, "nothing".
->'''Becker:''' OK, nothinG. NothinG. NOTHIIIIIIIIING. 'K, you happy?
->'''Luger:''' That's better. But that's not what you told York.
->'''Becker:''' I don't know no York, and where's my food?
->'''Luger:''' We ate it. And please, no double negatives.
->'''Becker:''' Sorry. I don't know ANY York.
-->--''Film/LoadedWeapon1''
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-->'''Anonymous'''

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-->'''Anonymous'''
--> -- '''Anonymous'''
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->''[[HypocriticalHumor Never use a preposition to end a sentence with.]]''
-->'''Anonymous'''
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->"''There should be a fine against being illiterate on the internet.\\
The reason could be "Illitering".\\
After all, it is making the internet an ugly and unhealthy place.''"
--> -- '''Hmac''', ''[[Blog/{{Bronyism}} -Trollvorlord]]''
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-->--'''[[HomestarRunner Strong Bad]]'''

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-->--'''[[HomestarRunner -->--'''[[WebAnimation/HomestarRunner Strong Bad]]'''
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->--'''Strong Bad''', ''HomestarRunner''

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->--'''Strong Bad''', ''HomestarRunner''
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-->-- '''GeorgeBernardShaw''', letter to the ''Times'' of London

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-->-- '''GeorgeBernardShaw''', '''Creator/GeorgeBernardShaw''', letter to the ''Times'' of London
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-> Translated as: I am the King of Rome, and above grammar.

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-> Translated as: I am the King of Rome, and above grammar.



->-- '''WeirdAlYankovic''', "Close but No Cigar"

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->-- '''WeirdAlYankovic''', '''Music/WeirdAlYankovic''', "Close but No Cigar"
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-->-- '''CharlieBrooker''', ''{{Newswipe}}''

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-->-- '''CharlieBrooker''', ''{{Newswipe}}''
''Series/{{Newswipe}}''
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->''There is a busybody on your staff who devotes a lot of time to chasing split infinitives... I call for the immediate dismissal of this pedant. It is of no consequence whether he decides to go quickly or to quickly go or quickly to go. The important thing is that he should go at once.''
-->-- '''GeorgeBernardShaw''', letter to the ''Times'' of London
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-- '''Webcomic/OzyAndMillie,''' ''proving NevilleChamberlain had no [[strike:idea what he was talking about]] information regarding the topic [[strike:which]] that he was discussing.''

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-- '''Webcomic/OzyAndMillie,''' ''proving NevilleChamberlain had no [[strike:idea what he was talking about]] information regarding the topic [[strike:which]] that he was discussing.''
'''Webcomic/OzyAndMillie,'''



->-- ''TheSimpsons'', episode "Trilogy of Error"

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->-- ''TheSimpsons'', ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', episode "Trilogy of Error"



-->-- '''[[{{Castle}} Rick Castle]]''', ''who later goes on to correct who/whom and the improper use of the word [[{{Irony}} ironic]].''

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-->-- '''[[{{Castle}} '''[[Series/{{Castle}} Rick Castle]]''', ''who later goes on to correct who/whom and the improper use of the word [[{{Irony}} ironic]].''



'''Agent Flemming''': That's better. Yes?

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'''Agent Flemming''': Flemming''': That's better. Yes?



-->-- '''CharlieBrooker''', ''News Swipe''

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-->-- '''CharlieBrooker''', ''News Swipe''
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-- '''Webcomic/OzyAndMillie,''' ''proving [[TheChamberlain Neville Chamberlain]] had no [[strike:idea what he was talking about]] information regarding the topic [[strike:which]] that he was discussing.''

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-- '''Webcomic/OzyAndMillie,''' ''proving [[TheChamberlain Neville Chamberlain]] NevilleChamberlain had no [[strike:idea what he was talking about]] information regarding the topic [[strike:which]] that he was discussing.''
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->-- '''Col. Jack O'Neill''', ''Series/StargateSG1''

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->-- -->-- '''Col. Jack O'Neill''', ''Series/StargateSG1''
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-->''"You ended a sentence with a preposition! Bastard!"''
-->-- '''Col. Jack O'Neill''', ''Series/StargateSG1''

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-->''"You ->"You ended a sentence with a preposition! Bastard!"''
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Bastard!"
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'''Col. Jack O'Neill''', ''Series/StargateSG1''''Series/StargateSG1''
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-->''"You ended a sentence with a preposition! Bastard!"''
-->-- '''Col. Jack O'Neill''', ''Series/StargateSG1''
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-->--'''[[Disgaea4APromiseUnforgotten Valvatorez]]'''

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-->--'''[[Disgaea4APromiseUnforgotten -->--'''[[VideoGame/Disgaea4APromiseUnforgotten Valvatorez]]'''

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-> ''"Yes, they're the sort of dribbling unpardonable cretins that use "party" as a verb and, when I'm in charge and have established by Reich, those people are going to be punished."''
-->-- '''CharlieBrooker''', ''News Swipe''
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->''Sorry, I think you mean "who", not "whom". People WHO correct grammar in casual conversation are obnoxious. Now run along. Men are talking.''
-->-- ''ASofterWorld''
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-- '''OzyAndMillie,''' ''proving [[TheChamberlain Neville Chamberlain]] had no [[strike:idea what he was talking about]] information regarding the topic [[strike:which]] that he was discussing.''

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-- '''OzyAndMillie,''' '''Webcomic/OzyAndMillie,''' ''proving [[TheChamberlain Neville Chamberlain]] had no [[strike:idea what he was talking about]] information regarding the topic [[strike:which]] that he was discussing.''
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->"We must invade the Bureau and bring them under our control! They WILL correct this typo!"
-->--'''[[Disgaea4APromiseUnforgotten Valvatorez]]'''
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-> I am the King of Rome, and above grammar.
->--'''Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor'''

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-> Ego sum rex romanus et supra grammaticam.
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I am the King of Rome, and above grammar.
->--'''Sigismund, ->--'''Sigismund I, Holy Roman Emperor'''
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->"Y-O-U-R. Y-O-U-Apostrophe-R-E. They're as different as night and day. Don't you think that night and day are different? What's wrong with you?"
-->--'''[[HomestarRunner Strong Bad]]'''
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->'''Agent Flemming''': Bork! You are a federal agent. You represent the United States Government... Never end a sentence with a preposition. Try again.\\
->'''Agent Bork''': Oh, ah... You know that guy in whose camper they... I mean that guy off in whose camper they were whacking?\\
->'''Agent Flemming''': That's better. Yes?

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->'''Agent '''Agent Flemming''': Bork! You are a federal agent. You represent the United States Government... Never end a sentence with a preposition. Try again.\\
->'''Agent '''Agent Bork''': Oh, ah... You know that guy in whose camper they... I mean that guy off in whose camper they were whacking?\\
->'''Agent '''Agent Flemming''': That's better. Yes?
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->'''Agent Bork''': Chief, you know that guy whose camper they were whacking off in?\\
->'''Agent Flemming''': Bork! You are a federal agent. You represent the United States Government... Never end a sentence with a preposition. Try again.\\
->'''Agent Bork''': Oh, ah... You know that guy in whose camper they... I mean that guy off in whose camper they were whacking?\\
->'''Agent Flemming''': That's better. Yes?
-->--''BeavisAndButthead Do America''
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->''There is a busybody on your staff who devotes a lot of time to chasing split infinitives... I call for the immediate dismissal of this pedant. It is of no consequence whether he decides to go quickly or to quickly go or quickly to go. The important thing is that he should go at once.''
->--'''GeorgeBernardShaw''', letter to the ''Times'' of London

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->''There is a busybody on your staff who devotes a lot ->'''Avery''': What are you, some kind of time grammar nazi?\\
'''Millie''': Yep. I've just invaded Grammar Czechoslovakia and duped Grammar Neville Chamberlain, and now it's off
to chasing split infinitives... I call for Grammar Poland and Grammar World Conquest!!\\
-- '''OzyAndMillie,''' ''proving [[TheChamberlain Neville Chamberlain]] had no [[strike:idea what he was talking about]] information regarding
the immediate dismissal of this pedant. It is of no consequence whether he decides to go quickly or to quickly go or quickly to go. The important thing is topic [[strike:which]] that he should go at once.was discussing.''
->--'''GeorgeBernardShaw''', letter to the ''Times'' of London
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->"Whoever killed her...also murdered the English language."
-->-- '''[[{{Castle}} Rick Castle]]''', ''who later goes on to correct who/whom and the improper use of the word [[{{Irony}} ironic]].''
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->If you write anything criticizing editing or proofreading, there will be a fault of some kind in what you have written.
->--'''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muphrys_law Muphry's law]]'''

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