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fingernails on a chalk board reading this stuff OVER and OVER and OVER. ;)

 

How anyone can get to the college level and not be able to grasp the difference is beyond me.

 

 

There - meaning "over there" or in that place.

 

They're - shortened form of THEY ARE

 

Their - possessive - e.g. The Bills won their last game.

 

 

Your - possessive - e.g. please study your English

 

You're - shortened form of YOU ARE.

 

 

After a year of reading these word misused on TSW, I just had to vent. So sue me. :doh:

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fingernails on a chalk board reading this stuff OVER and OVER and OVER. ;)

 

How anyone can get to the college level and not be able to grasp the difference is beyond me.

There - meaning "over there" or in that place.

 

They're - shortened form of THEY ARE

 

Their - possessive - e.g. The Bills won their last game.

Your - possessive - e.g. please study your English

 

You're - shortened form of YOU ARE.

After a year of reading these word misused on TSW, I just had to vent. So sue me. :doh:

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Yeah, I know, and we spell color without the "u". :lol:

Unfortunately it's not just here. I see it among some of the paid "journalists" out there.

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I agree with you 100%.

 

My biggest pet-peeve, however, is when people say, "Oh, I could write it correctly if I wanted to; I just didn't feel like it."

 

Right... Like the things you listed should be something anyone consciously thinks about.

 

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I agree with you 100%.

 

My biggest pet-peeve, however, is when people say, "Oh, I could write it correctly if I wanted to; I just didn't feel like it."

 

Right...  Like the things you listed should be something anyone consciously thinks about.

 

CW

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Agreed. I also hate when people type stevestojan like "R U gonna B there?"

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We need not discuss the case of a pronoun in a subordinate clause, nor the agreement of said pronoun with it's antecedent.

 

The agreement of a verb with it's subject died years ago... :doh:

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Funny thing, your post brings up another issue about grammar: the whole its/it's thing.

 

It's: short for it is, it has, it was, etc.

Its: the gender-neutral version of his and hers.

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