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I can guess what you’re thinking: “Hey, William, what gives you—a virtual grammar scumbag—the right to lecture anyone on proper usage and grammar?” Well, Timmy, let me explain (if your name isn’t Timmy, please either insert your own name or have it legally changed in order to maintain the integrity of this article); you see, I really only want to discuss two usage problems in which I am well versed; one is a very common mistake that drives me crazy every time I see it; the other is not so common and doesn’t bother me at all, but I find writing about it hilarious.

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I spend a lot of time these days (too much time) on a web site called Digg. It’s one of those social networks in which you create an account, upload an avatar and start socializing by submitting and/or voting on stories found on the internet. On Digg, these “votes” are creatively called “Diggs”. The more Diggs a story gets, the more popular it is and thus moves higher and higher up the page until, if really popular, it reaches the “front page” where it is seen by the most people and receives even more Diggs. If a story does not meet your personal minimum standards, you can “Digg it down” by giving it a negative vote.

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