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These frequent errors irritate me each time I see them:

Affect and Effect

To affect means to influence.
Effect is a noun, not a verb.
There are global issues that affect everyone, the placebo effect is not one of them.

The character "*" is an asterisk, not an asteriks. Asterix is a cartoon character.

The character "&" is an ampersand. One does not have to make a face and suddenly become flustered at the keyboard when asked to type an ampersand.

The comma belongs to grammar? Or to punctuation? Read what the Panda thinks.

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Well, whatever the British think about who invented Fast Food, "French fries" probably came from Belgium and fish-and-chips was invented later.

But that is grammar.

Separation, not seperation. Separate.