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Roland99 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-16-05 08:54 AM
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PSA: Grammar Basics - It's really not that hard!
They're (contraction for "They are") - Example: They're going to dinner now.
Their (possessive pronoun) - Example: Their dog just died.
There (adverb) - Example: There used to be cheap gas in America.
There (noun) - Example: Will you put that thing over there?

You're (contraction for "You are") - Example: You're going to finish your dinner.
Your (possessive pronoun) - Example: Your dog just died.

It's (contraction for "It is") - Example: It's a shame people don't know how to use grammar properly. ;)
Its (possessive pronoun) - Example: The color of its eyes is green.



Thank you and have a nice day.


;)
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Shell Beau Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-16-05 08:57 AM
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1. Yes, I am very grammar conscious as well. Some people
just don't care or aren't very good at grammar. I just try to look past it.
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Roland99 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-16-05 08:58 AM
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2. I usually do, too, but it's been getting worse of late.
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qanda Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-16-05 08:58 AM
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3. whale, ewe have a nice day two
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Benhurst Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-16-05 08:59 AM
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4. Theirs going to be alot of peoples here who won't take kind to
having there grammer corrected, so get yours'elf ready for some serriously flaming. Noone is immune. :P
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RebelOne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-16-05 09:00 AM
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5. Thank you, Roland99
I am a grammar cop and I think many of our posters need some educating.
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MissMillie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-16-05 09:01 AM
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6. a couple more grammar pet peeves
to - a preposition (example: we're going to the movies)

too - used instead of the word "also" and used to indicate excess (examples: I'm going to the movies too; I'd go to the movies but it costs too much)

two - one more than one (example: You two are going to the movies)




And for the record, when indicating regret about something the phrase is "I should have" not "I should of" (and the same goes for "could have" instead of "could of")


:)
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Dora Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-16-05 09:07 AM
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8. Add this to the contractions lesson
It's either "could have" or "could've".
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Richardo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-16-05 09:11 AM
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10. Thank you both, Dora and MissMillie
I went on a 'should of' vs 'should have' rant just the other day. :thumbsup:
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Dora Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-16-05 09:23 AM
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14. And as far as "should" is concerned
We must stop shoulding on ourselves.
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kick-ass-bob Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-16-05 09:04 AM
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7. While I usually get these right,
I'm not going to berate someone else for getting one wrong every now and then.

Especially "its"
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eyepaddle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-16-05 09:11 AM
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9. I don't see this as too potentially flame-laden.
After all, you're not correcting anybody in particular--you're just throwin' it out there.

I've only ever corrected one poster's grammar. It was so atrocious combined with being EXTREMELY pompous I had to tear him a new one. I occasionally feel a little remorse--he doesn't post here anymore
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sui generis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-16-05 09:13 AM
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11. Is this for posters here or for the world in general?
Everybody makes grammar mistakes occasionally - including my inappropriate use of hyphen.

Sometimes you half two get passed the grandma and speeling to sea the massage.

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RebelOne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-16-05 09:17 AM
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13. It should be for the world in general.
I am a copy editor and some of the grammar, spelling and punctuation errors I see every day make me cringe.
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Roland99 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-16-05 10:06 AM
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16. Here, there, everywhere.
;)



Perhaps some of this has to do with the fact that I just finished reading Eats, Shoots, and Leaves.
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Spider Jerusalem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-16-05 09:16 AM
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12. Addendum: Possessives vs. plurals.
Possessives take an apostrophe; plurals do not.

Ex: "Who are those people over there?" "The Smiths."

"Whose car is that?" "It's Smith's."

Exception to this: "it's", which is a contraction for "it is"; the possessive is "its", as in "Squid cooked in a sauce of its own ink."
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nookiemonster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-16-05 09:57 AM
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15. I'm very conscious of my grammar.
Edited on Tue Aug-16-05 09:59 AM by nookiemonster
It leads me to mindlessly edit my posts in order to keep from looking like a poster at FR.

:scared:


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