You may have seen Weird Al's new video 'Word Crimes' where he parodies 'Blurred Lines'. With the exception of some pretty offensive language used as insults (think outdated medical terms used as put downs) it is pretty good.
I've been thinking about Word Crimes and would like to have a weekly 'Word Crime' with my top set year eight class next year. Each week I would tackle a different 'Word Crime' and as an ongoing homework, encourage them to photograph word crimes.
So, on your list of ultimate word crimes- what would you add? So far I have: accept/except, pacific/specific, was/were, your/you're.
Apologies for any mistakes in this post and thank you in advance for your contributions!
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Homework idea- Word Crimes
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Littleturkish · 18/07/2014 14:57
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