Don't think so Kev because a warrant is not a negative thing, whereas a sanction is. Or put another way, warrant v and warrant n are not opposites.
Words you always spell wrong and forget meaning. Page 2
Okay, here's one. Why Grandad, and not Granddad?
Just cos it looks silly I suppose.
Yeah, makes it sound like some weird gran / dad hybrid you might find out in the countryside somewhere.
Unconscious usually gets me, spelling-wise. Is that right? Probably not, sorry Aaron. Successful is another sod. Oh and someone said "taciturn" on Radi 4 the other day and I was annoyed to find I had no clue what it meant. I hate that. It makes me taciturn.
I often forget the meaning of Christmas.
approximately and necessarily, they just kill me. And entrepreneurs, too.
Thank God for those little red lines - I do not need to remember the spelling anymore. I misspelled all three right now, too.
Thankfully, I at least mastered the spelling of receive. I had problems with this word for years.
As to meanings I always forget - I can never remember the meaning of portside and starboard. Which is which? God, it's so annoying. What's wrong with left and right?
Quote: Lee Henman @ October 19 2009, 10:21 PM BSTUnconscious ... Is that right? Probably not, sorry Aaron.
It is. 
Quote: Lee Henman @ October 19 2009, 10:21 PM BSTOh and someone said "taciturn" on Radi 4 the other day and I was annoyed to find I had no clue what it meant.
I'm always looking up words. I rarely remember for more than a couple of minutes what they mean.
On a similar note, something I have never managed to get my head around is betting odds and the like. Oh, and currency conversion. Uhhhhh... 
I can never spell neccesary necessary right.
Surprise (suprise?) is one that confuses me...
I'm always tempted to put a pie into recipe for some reason.
Quote: bamalamafizzvaj @ October 21 2009, 5:21 PM BSTSurprise (suprise?) is one that confuses me...
That one ALWAYS gets me too!
Mind you, so do a million other words 
Why "THE Wirral" and "THE Bronx"?
Quote: catskillz @ October 21 2009, 7:24 PM BSTWhy "THE Wirral" and "THE Bronx"?
Think the prefix of "The" is used when areas are associated with a river of the same name.
Quote: Tim Walker @ October 21 2009, 7:27 PM BSTThink the prefix of "The" is used when areas are associated with a river of the same name.
Yep.